disarticulates

Updated: May 16, 2025

Very soon afterwards it disarticulates itself from the petiole, and drops off like a leaf in autumn. I have seen this process of disarticulation in no other tendrils, for these, when they fail to catch an object, merely wither away. Bignonia venusta. The tendrils differ considerably from those of the previous species.

Charles Darwin - The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants