Comparison between dicot leaf and monocot leaf

 

Dicot leaf	Monocot leaf
1.      Cuticle thick at upper epidermis and thin at lower epidermis	Uniform cuticle on both the surface
2.      Stomata are more on lower surface	Equal number of stomata on either side
3.      Mesophyll is differentiated into palisade parenchyma and spongy parenchyma	Mesophyll is not differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma
4.      Bulliform cells are absent in the epidermis	Bulliform cells are present in upper epidermis

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