Fig Leaf ID:

Leaf entire

base truncate*--Hamma (A)

Leaf palmately lobed:

Base decurrent*--Ischia (B)
Base truncate*--Alma or Stanford caprifig (C)

Base cordate*:

3-lobed--Constantine (D)
5-lobed, lobes spatulate--Calimyrna (G)

Base calcarate*:

Lobes latate*--Mission (E)
Lobes lyrate*--San Piero (F)
Lobes lineate*--Brunswick (H)

*Cordate
Heart-shaped with the notch at the base and ovate in general outline
Calcarate
A spur or spurlike projection, such as one found on the base of a petal, spurred,
Decurrent
Extending down the stem below the intersection
Latate
No definition in the dictionary
Lyrate
Lyre-shaped, pinnatifid, with terminal lobe considerably larger than the others
Lineate
Marked with parallel lines
Truncate
As if cut off squarely at the end.

last updated on 5/15/09
by Sue Vanderveen