Q.Students were on the excursion to a botanical garden. They noted following observation. Will you be able to help them in understanding those conditions? A plant had leaves with long leaf apex, which was curling around a support.

Step 1. The clue is that the leaf apex itself is long and curls around a support — this is not the whole leaf, a leaflet, or a stipule being modified, but specifically the extended tip of the leaf.

Step 2. This matches a leaf-tip tendril, one of the leaf-tendril modifications where only the leaf apex elongates and coils to grip a support, helping the plant climb. …

Identify which exact leaf part is modified (the apex specifically) to choose amo …

• Confusing a leaf-tip tendril (only the apex coils, e.g. Gloriosa) with a whole-leaf tendril (the entire leaf coils, e.g. Lathyrus). …