@Article{phyton.2015.84.473,
AUTHOR = {Mashile SP, MP Tshisikhawe},
TITLE = {Leaf architecture characters of <i>Vachellia tortilis</i> (Forssk.) Galasso and Banfi along longitudinal gradient in Limpopo Province, South Africa},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {84},
YEAR = {2015},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {473--477},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v84n2/37182},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {This paper looked at the leaf architecture characteristics of <i>Vachellia tortilis</i> to determine if either there is or not an effect of the tropic line on plants. <i>Vachellia tortilis</i> leaves were sampled along a national road (N1) in Limpopo province. Sampling points were set 10 km apart away from the Tropic of Capricon in opposite directions. Leaf morphology revealed that leaves of <i>V. tortilis</i> are bipinnately compound with alternate arrangement. The venation pattern of the pinnules was eucamptodromus and brochidodromous with imperfect reticulation. Areoles were imperfect and pentagonal or irregular in shape.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2015.84.473}
}