leaf-blade

Updated: May 17, 2025

It is afforded by the pitchers of the banyan or holy fig-tree, Ficus religiosus, but it does not seem to belong to the same class as other pitchers, since as far as it has been possible to ascertain the facts, these pitchers are not formed by a few leaves as in all other cases, but by all the leaves of the tree. In some cases pitchers are only built up of part of the leaf-blade.

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