compound leaves

Leaves with blades divided into several distinct sections, called folioles, the arrangement of which determines the leaf type.

abruptly pinnate

Compound feathered leaf ending in two folioles on each side of the main petiole.

odd pinnate

Compound feathered leaf with a main petiole ending in a single foliole.

pinnatifid

Compound leaf with folioles on both sides of a common petiole.

palmate

Compound leaf with all its folioles attached at the same point, at the apex of the petiole.

trifoliolate

Leaf having three distinct folioles.