Question

Have you seen a yellow, wire-like, leafless climber plant growing on a big tree? What is its name?

Answer 1

Cuscuta(Amarbel) is a yellow, wire-like, leafless climber plant growing on a big tree.

1. Cuscuta is a doddler plant. This parasite produces yellow tubular structures which attach themselves to a plant and wrap them around the stem and branches.

2. It's leaves are reduced to minute scales.

3. Chlorophyll is not present in this plant.

4. It absorbs ready made food from the host plant on which it climbs through special structures called as haustoria.

5.These haustoria absorb food from the host plant.

Answer 2

SOLUTION :

A yellow, wire-like, leafless climber plant growing on a big tree its name is DODDER (CUSCUTA).

DODDER plant belongs to genus Cuscuta and in the family Convolvulaceae( morning glory family). It is a leafless parasitic plant. In some species of this plant chlorophyll is absent. They absorbs food through root like organ known as Haustoria. The colour of flowers of DODDER plant may range from white to pink and yellow to cream. The leaves of this plants are reduced to minute scales.

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