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Leaf length (leaf or leaflet blade)

For compoundcompound:
(adj) with two or more like parts, as in a compound leaf; divided into two or more subsidiary parts or orders, as in a compound inflorescence
leaves, measure either the leaf or the leafletleaflet:
(n) one of the leaf-like units of a compound leaf
. Do not include the petiolepetiole:
(n) the stalk of a leaf
in your measurement.

The photographs below are examples of leaves of certain sizes.

less than 2 mm (minute)
2 mm - 29 mm
3 cm - 30 cm
more than 30 cm (very large)
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