foliage plant

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A foliage plant is a plant cultivated primarily for its decorative leaves. The term "foliage" itself refers to the green leaves or plants collectively. While plants are broadly classified by botanists based on genetics and evolutionary lineage, popular classifications often group them by general form, such as trees, shrubs, and vines. Leaves are crucial for a plant's survival, serving as the primary sites for photosynthesis, the process by which plants create food using light energy.1234

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houseplant
Foliage plants
In the aroid family, which has provided a range of long-lived houseplants, most prominent are the philodendrons. These are handsome tropical American plants, generally climbers, with attractive leathery leaves, heart-shaped, and often cut into lobes. Monstera deliciosa, or Philodendron pertusum, the Swiss cheese…
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In the aroid family, which has provided a range of long-lived houseplants, most prominent are the philodendrons. These are handsome tropical American plants, generally climbers, with attractive leathery leaves, heart-shaped, and often cut into lobes. Monstera deliciosa, or Philodendron pertusum, the Swiss cheese…
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plant disease
Chemical control
…and dusts applied to the foliage and fruit of crops and ornamentals include a wide range of organic chemicals designed to prevent infection. Protectants are not absorbed by or translocated through the plant; thus they protect only those parts of the plant treated before invasion by the pathogen. A second…
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…and dusts applied to the foliage and fruit of crops and ornamentals include a wide range of organic chemicals designed to prevent infection. Protectants are not absorbed by or translocated through the plant; thus they protect only those parts of the plant treated before invasion by the pathogen. A second…
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