TY  - EJOU
AU  - SP, Mashile 
AU  - Tshisikhawe, MP 

TI  - Leaf architecture characters of <i>Vachellia tortilis</i> (Forssk.) Galasso and Banfi along longitudinal gradient in Limpopo Province, South Africa
T2  - Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany

PY  - 2015
VL  - 84
IS  - 2
SN  - 1851-5657

AB  - 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.
KW  - Pinnules
KW  -  Eucamptodromus
KW  -  Brochidodromous

DO  - 10.32604/phyton.2015.84.473