A tuber is a fleshy underground stem, it is the 'container' of reproduction and food storage. It bears buds from which a new plant will germinate. Such as potatoes for example
Yes, ginger is a tuber.
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Similarities Between Stem Tuber and Root Tuber Stem tuber and root tuber are two types of geophytes. Both are underground swollen structures of plants. They store water and nutrients. They anchor plant bodies to the soil.
The tuber family is actually a part of the plant family. The characteristics of the tuber family is that they were grown underground & it has swollen underground stem. Potatoes, yam & sweet potatoes etc. are from the tuber family because they were grown underground & it has swollen underground stem.
The thick part of an underground stem like a potato is called a tuber. Tuber is a storage organ that stores nutrients and energy for the plant to use for growth and reproduction.
A carrot is the root, just like a potato or onion.
Stem tuber of the potato plant is edible
A potato is a modified stem called a tuber. It is an underground storage organ that stores nutrients for the plant to use.
Sweet potatoes are a tuber vegetable. They begin with the letter s.Sweet potato is not a tuber. It is a root. In strict scientific language a tuber is a modified stem. Hence Solanum tuberosumhas tubers
No, cassava is a root tuber. Stem tubers, such as potatoes, grow from the thickened underground stems of plants, while root tubers like cassava develop from the roots of the plant.
Bulb, Corm, Rhizome, Stolon, Tuber.
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