What plants grow from leaves?

Many plants with soft, fleshy foliage have developed the ability to reproduce themselves from leaves. Considering that some plants grow hundreds of leaves, you can appreciate the propagation potential for these species. In addition, leaf propagation is much faster and more reliable than propagating plants from seed. read more

Leaves are the main area of photosynthesis and with the sugars manufactured by this process the plant has no energy source and no building material and can not grow. Some photosynthesis takes place is the stems of some plants, but the leaves were evolved to maximize the photosynthetic process. read more