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Secrets Hidden in Your Houseplant! The Magic Math on a Money Plant Leaf

Monday 27 July 2026 Science News for Students
Secrets Hidden in Your Houseplant! The Magic Math on a Money Plant Leaf

Photo: Marsha Reid / Unsplash

Look closely at a Chinese money plant and you will spot a beautiful geometric pattern hidden right inside its round green leaves! Tiny water-oozing pores work like magic to shape the veins into a perfect puzzle-like grid (called a Voronoi diagram, where every point is connected to its nearest neighbor). Who knew your living room plants were secretly master mathematicians?
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