(i) | Long thin flexible petioles allow leaf blades to flutter in wind, thereby cooling the leaf and bringing fresh air to leaf surface |
(ii) | Leaf lamina lacks vascular bundles |
(iii) | Veins provide rigidity to leaf blades |
(iv) | Leaf possesses reticulate or parallel venation |
(v) | The axil of leaflets may possess axillary buds |