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Make a list of any five food items that you like to eat and name their sources as well as mention the plants but from where you get them

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Answered by urja79
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Food From Plants

Plants are a source of a wide variety of nutrients required to keep the human body in perfect working condition. Humans consume everything from fruits, flowers, even the stem of some plants, leaves and stem-like lettuce, celery, roots of some plants like carrots, beetroot, and seeds like wheat, rice, etc.

All food comes from plants, even the animals depend on plants. Hence, we obtain food from plants directly or indirectly. The reason one is advised to consume fruits and vegetables on a daily basis is that it is a source of rich nutrients.

Plants provide us with vegetables, coffee, cereals, pulses, fruits, sugar, spices, oil, etc. Different parts of the plants provide different food materials. Let us have a look at some of the food obtained from different parts of the plant.

Vegetables

Vegetables are obtained from the plants. Some nutrient-rich vegetables such as beetroot, turnip, spinach, cauliflower, etc. are obtained from plants. Roots, leaves, and stem of some plants are edible.

Roots

Radish, turnip, carrot, beetroot are some of the roots that are eaten as vegetables.

Stem

Potato and ginger are the stems that are eaten as vegetables.

Leaves

Spinach, cabbage, lettuce are the leaves eaten as vegetables.

Flowers

Broccoli and cauliflower are the flowers eaten in the form of vegetables.

Fruits

Fruits are a healthy source of food from plants. Orange, mango, apple, grapes are some of the fruits consumed by humans.

Cereals

Cereals include rice, wheat, maize, jowar, barley, etc. These are a rich source of nutrients provided by the plants.

Tea, Coffee

Coffee and tea are widely grown in the southern parts of India. These are also obtained from the plants. Not just these, sugar is also obtained from the plants. It is processed from the sugarcane plant.

Oil

Oil can be extracted from the seeds and leaves of the plants. Some of the plants producing oil are castor, mustard, and sunflower.

Spices

Cinnamon, cardamom, pepper, clove, cumin seeds, and ginger are obtained from the plants and used in cooking purposes.

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