Question

is bay leaf dicot or monocot with reasons

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Bay leaf is a dicot leaf. It belongs to the family "Lauraceae" and named as Laurus nobilis. The bay leaf is a characteristic of a dicot leaf because of its type of leaf symmetry and venation. The leaf surface is a dorsiventral surface with dorsiventral symmetry since the upper surface of the leaf in dark green color and the lower surface in a light green color. Further, the venation of the leaf is reticulate venation. The shape of the leaf is broader than monocot blade-like leaves. Internally, the epidermal cells of the leaves are devoid of silica deposits and bulliform cells. The bay leaf stomata are hypostomatic, kidney-shaped, and are having randomly arranged stomata. The leaves also have differentiated mesophyll.