Question

explain how pitcher plant traps and disgest an insect why does it feed on insects if it had chlorophyll and paerforms photosynthesis too?​

Answer 1

Answer:

A pitcher plant has a modified structure. it has a lid on top with a pitcher like structure joining. a pitcher plant smells good to trap insects when an insect is trapped the plant secretes juices into the insects body which digests the insects body and the plant absorbs the nutrients.

Pitcher plant contains chlorophyll, hence it can do photosynthesis and prepare its own food. Pitcher plant grows in swamps, bogs areas where the soil is deficient in nitrogen mineral. So it traps the insect and utilize their proteins die to nitrogen deficiency. Therefore its an insectivorous plant.

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