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Leaves are the main organs that perform photosynthesis in plants. They contain chlorophyll and expose a large surface area to sunlight to absorb energy for photosynthesis. This process produces over 200 billion tons of sugar per year globally, fueling most life on Earth. A leaf has both external and internal parts that work together to carry out photosynthesis and other functions. Externally, a leaf has a blade, margin, veins, midrib, and petiole. Internally, it contains epidermis, mesophyll tissue like palisade and spongy cells, bundle sheath, veins, guard cells, and stomata.

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Leaves: Arnie Hajas Cherrie Mengorio Precious Jewel Orticio

Leaves are the main organs that perform photosynthesis in plants. They contain chlorophyll and expose a large surface area to sunlight to absorb energy for photosynthesis. This process produces over 200 billion tons of sugar per year globally, fueling most life on Earth. A leaf has both external and internal parts that work together to carry out photosynthesis and other functions. Externally, a leaf has a blade, margin, veins, midrib, and petiole. Internally, it contains epidermis, mesophyll tissue like palisade and spongy cells, bundle sheath, veins, guard cells, and stomata.

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LEAVES

ARNIE HAJAS
CHERRIE MENGORIO
PRECIOUS JEWEL ORTICIO
LEAVES

• Leaves are the most active and the most conspicuous organs of
plants.
• The most important of their functions is absorbing sunlight for
photosynthesis. To do this, they expose large amounts of surface
area to the environment.
• On global basis, leaves produce more 200 billion tons of sugar per
year. Those sugars sustain most life on this planet.
PARTS OF A LEAF (EXTERNAL)
BLADE M A R G IN

• The expanded part of • It is the rim or final


the leaf. It is the most limit of the blade.
conspicuous part.
VEINS

• They are like wrinkles or pipes running along the


blade. They are really the vascular bundles coming
from the stem throughout the petiole into the surface
of the blade.
MIDRIB

• It is the central vein. Different patterns they draw in


different species is a trait used by botanists to
distinguish the plant from the other.
PETIOLE

• The connection of the


stem to the blade. It is STIPULES

the channel for the • This are found at the


vascular bundles to base of the plant in pairs
arrive to it. attached in between the
petiole and stalk of the
plant.
NETTED VEINS

• Several smaller veins branching out of a


dominant midrib, a condition known as
pinnately netted.
PARTS OF A LEAF (INTERNAL)
UPPER AND LOWER EPIDERMIS

• Mostly for protection, they protect the cells


underneath the epidermis and let the
sunlight in. they also stop the plant from
losing water.
GROUND TISSUE

• Ground tissue is called mesophyll. It contains several


types of cells, including sclerenchyma, storage
parenchyma, and chlorenchyma. In general, the
arrangement of chlorenchyma is determined
genetically, and is influenced by whether the leaf is
oriented horizontally or vertically when it forms.
TWO TYPES OF MESOPHYLL
• PALISADE CELLS: These cells are where the majority of
photosynthesis happens. The cells are at the top of the leaf
packed in closely. The palisade cells have lots of chloroplasts
in them to help with the process of photosynthesis.
• SPONGY CELLS: although these cells are not at the top of
the leaf (they are in the middle) they still do photosynthesis.
The cells have more space in between them to allow the
gases inside the leaf to move around freely.
BUNDLE SHEATH

• A layer or region of compactly arranged cells


surrounding a vascular bundle in a plant. The bundle
sheaths regulate the movement of substances between
the vascular tissue and the parenchyma and, in leaves,
protect the vascular tissue from exposure to air.
VEIN (VASCULAR BUNDLE)
• Made up of xylem and phloem tubes these veins transport
the sugar and water the plant needs.
XYLEM- this is an important part of a leaf, it brings the
water from the roots through to the leaves of the
plant.
PHLOEM- it is similar to xylem, but it transport this
sugar(which are made from the photosynthesis) to
various parts of the leaf.
GUARD CELLS

• Guard cell just protects the stoma from opening up to far.

STOMATA- this lets in the gases the plants needs


(Carbon Dioxide) and lets out the oxygen it produces.
The stomata also is in control of how much water leaves
the leaf.

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