Question

9. You must have seen the yellow wire like plants growing on other plants in the area where buses
are parked outside your school. They are without leaves and lack chlorophyll.
a) Name the plant.
b) How do these plants get their nutrition?
c) What happens to the plant on which they grow?
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Answer 1

This plant is the Amerbel.

Explanation:

• a) This plant is commonly referred to as the Amerbel. The scientific name of this plant is Cuscuta reflexa.

• b) The plants like the Amerbail cannot prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis. The Cuscuta reflexa takes its nutrition from other plants on which it grows. Such method of nutrition is referred to as the parasitic mode of nutrition.

• c) The plants on which the Amerbel grow are depleted of resources and often wilt or die.

Answer 2

Answer:

This plant is the Amerbel.

Explanation:

a) This plant is commonly referred to as the Amerbel. The scientific name of this plant is Cuscuta reflexa.

b) The plants like the Amerbail cannot prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis. The Cuscuta reflexa takes its nutrition from other plants on which it grows. Such method of nutrition is referred to as the parasitic mode of nutrition.

c) The plants on which the Amerbel grow are depleted of resources and often wilt or die.