Correlating Morphology and Multifractal Spatial Patterns of the Leaf Surface Architecture of Anacardium occidentale L.

Plant leaf surfaces can contain interesting, reproducible spatial patterns that be used for several industrial purposes. In this paper, the main goal was to analyze surface microtexture of Amazon Anacardium occidentale L. using multifractal theory. AFM images were evaluate adaxial and abaxial sides leaf. The 3D maps revealed side is dominated by stomach cells, while striated structures observed on side. rougher than autocorrelation function calculations showed has an isotropic compared Despite this, Minkowski functionals demonstrated morphological have robust statistical similarity. Both exhibit behavior, which verified trend in mass exponent generalized dimension. However, exhibits stronger multifractality increased vertical complexity Our findings show depend rough dynamics topographic profile. identification present plant leaves useful fabrication leaf-architecture-based materials.