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Mapping of Leaves 1-3 in different growing stages. The local expansion of the leaves is expressed through the color variation of each cell. The base of each leaf has the smallest degree of expansion and the sinus areas grow the fastest. Unlike Leaves 1 and 2, Leaf 3 shows a certain degree of asymmetry in its expansion.
