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Re: Fw: Pale Indian Plantain -ethnobotanical info ? try this:

	I was taught this for monocots, and the appropriate name is
"cladophyll" instead of leaf.  There is a legume in Chile, whose name I
forget, that shows this phenomena.  When it is young it has a compound
leaf.  The blade is lost and the petiole flattens out and has parallel
veins.  At first glance the tree looks like a podocarpus.

Laurin Wheeler
University of Arkansas
Dept. of Horticulture
Plant Science 318
Fayetteville, AR 72701
glwheel@comp.uark.edu

On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, James C. Trager wrote:

> I've heard the parallel veins on plantains and rattlesnake masters 
> and some other dicots originate from redcuction of the leaf blade and 
> developmental widening of the petiole (which has parallel veins) into 
> a leaflike form. 
> 
> Any plant antomists out there who wish to add to this?
> 
> James C. Trager
> Shaw Arboretum
> P.O. Box 38
> Gray Summit MO 63039
> PH# 314-451-3512
> FAX 314-451-5583
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