BOTANY

Detailed explanation-1: -A palmately compound leaf has its leaflets radiating outwards from the end of the petiole, like fingers off the palm of a hand. Examples of plants with palmately compound leaves include poison ivy, the buckeye tree, or the familiar house plant Schefflera sp. (commonly called “umbrella plant”).

Detailed explanation-2: -In palmately compound leaves, the leaflets are attached at a common point i.e., at the tip of the petiole.

Detailed explanation-3: -Compound leaves are of two types: Pinnately Compound Leaves – Here, leaflets are present on the rachis (common axis), which represents the midrib. E.g. Neem leaf. Palmately Compound leaves – Here, leaflets are attached together at one point, i.e. petiole tip.

Detailed explanation-4: -The clover leaf is an example of palmate leaf. In a pinnately compound leaf a number of leaflets are present on a common axis, the rachis, which represents the midrib of the leaf as in neem and gulmohar.

Detailed explanation-5: -PALMATELY-COMPOUND: divided into leaflets that radiate outwards from the end of the petiole (the stalk that supports a leaf in a plant and attaches it to the stem). PINNATELY-COMPOUND: divided into leaflets that are arranged along a stalk-like extension of the petiole like a feather.