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It depends on what sort of leaf. In broad leaved flowering plants it is normally down the middle. Gingko biloba doesn't have a main vein but many radiating from the stem. The Narrow leaved flowering plants have a series of so called main veins. The conifers don't have leaves, they have needles.

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