Difference between Reticulate and Parallel venation
No. |
Reticulate venation |
Parallel venation |
1. |
When veins of the leaf are arranged in a net-like pattern on the both sides of the midrib then it is called as reticulate venation. | When veins of the leaf runs parallel to one another from the base to the tip of the leaf then it is called as parallel venation. |
2. | Reticulate venation is a characteristic feature of dicot plants. |
Parallel venation is a characteristic feature of monocot plants. |
3. |
In the reticulate venation, interconnected veins are present which form a web- like network. | In the parallel venation, parallely running secondary veins are present which perpendicular primary vein is. |
4. | In the reticulate venation, veins lying interconnected. |
In the parallel venation, veins of the leave do not touch one another. |
5. |
Reticulate venation occurs in hibiscus, mango, ficus or mango leaf, tulsi leaf, jack tree leaf, rose plant leaf, coriander leaf, mint, brinjal leaf. |
Parallel venation occurs in bamboo, banana, wheat, maize, grasses or bamboo leaf, paddy leaf, arecanut palm leaf, coconut tree leaf, banana leaf, Lilly and wheat. |