Grew a lemon from seed and because of (im assuming) weird genetics the leaves arent uniform. They have this basal leaflet thats more pronounced when leaves are young. What would you even call that? Is it an known adaptation something or a random mutation?
by weenis_slayer
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It’s a winged petiole. The Citrus genus is well known for them though they show up in [some species more or more prominently than others](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Petiole-wing-variation-in-citrus-seedlings-such-as-very-big-and-obovate-petiole-wing_fig2_349955480) (e.g. [C. hystrix](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Citrus_hystrix#/media/File:Citrus_hystrix_Blanco2.408-cropped.jpg)*,* where the winged petiole are usually as big as the leaf itself ).
I’ve seen this leaf shape on kumquat trees before and think it’s so neat
Unifoliolate. A compound leaf with only one leaflet. Characteristic of Rutaceae.
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Winged petiole. My yuzu has them, as well as other citruses
https://youtube.com/shorts/rBHVQt5EsXI?si=s8Dd4K0R1mkh_MzG