Question

Green plant on which a parasitic plant depends for food and shelter.

Answer 1

cuscuta is a parasitic plant which depends on other plants for food and shelter.

Answer 2

Dodder plant

Explanation:

• Dodder also called the cuscuta is common parasitic species.
• It is also called the strangle weed, it wraps around the host tree with its stem.
• It grows on Soyabean which is the host plant.
• As soon as it finds the good control over the host with the help of haustoria, its roots die.
• It can depend on multiple hosts and absorb required nutrients from them.
• They are basically obligate parasites which absorb all food produced by the host plants.
• It covers the whole plant and absorbs all the nutrients from the host as a result it dies.