Leaves and Photosynthesis

 As we all know, photosynthesis is the process by which the leaves of a plant absorb light and carbon dioxide to produce food for the plant to grow. Leaves are suitable to perform their function if they have a large surface area to absorb light. Two types of trees at my site are the Leucaena Leucocephala, greatly known as the tangantangan tree and the flame tree. The flame tree (first photo above) is approximately 30 feet high and probably contains about maybe 23,000 leaves. You can tell that the leaves on this tree are doing it's job well because of how high the tree became, meaning the photosynthesis process is doing the tree good. As for the tangantangan tree, it is approximately 5-6 feet tall (second photo above). There are probably 50-100 leaves on maybe one branch (depending on how big the branch is.) I think the photosynthesis process is kind of slow with this tree, because of the structure of the leaves. The leaves on the tangantang tree aren't as strong as those on the flame tree. Both trees are in direct sunlight at my site.