- twigs, such as oaks (Quercus),
maples (Acer) and Eucalyptus, are
called leptocauls;
those with
moderately thick twigs, such as Plumeria, are
called mesocauls...
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stumpy little-branched tree with big leaves, was
ancestral compared to the
leptocaul form, or tall tree with many branches,
slender twigs and
small leaves...
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belonging to the ****gany
Family (Meliaceae), is a small,
lower story,
leptocaul rainforest tree from New
Guinea no more than 26 feet (7.9 meters) in height...
