In Allium cepa, the food is stored in:
(A) Swollen stem
(C) Inflorescence
(B) Rhizome
(D) Enlarged leaf base
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D - Enlarged leaf base
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The correct answer is (D) Enlarged leaf base.
In Allium cepa, the food is stored in the enlarged leaf base.
Explanation:
Allium cepa or commonly known as onion, when starts maturing the food reserves get accumulated in the leaf bases and gradually the bulb of the onion starts swelling.
The bulbs are mainly shortened, compressed and underground stems which are surrounded by a modified fleshy scale that envelops a central bud present at the tip of the stem.
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