Question

name the edible parts of system (give example)​

Answer 1

Fruits and flowers are edible

Answer 2

Answer:

Question 11 What are oilseeds?

Also Read NCERT Solutions for Chapter 1 Food : Where does it come from?

Contents [hide]

1 Cereals

2 Plant parts as food

2.1 (1) Plant roots as food

2.2 (2) Plant stem as food

2.3 (3) Plant leaves as food

2.4 (4) Flowers as food

2.5 (5) Fruits as food

2.6 (6) Seeds as food

3 Mustard plant have two edible parts

4 Sprouts

Cereals

The main sources of food from plants are food grains (wheat, rice, maize), pulses, fruits, vegetables, oils, sugar, spices, tea, coffee.

Grains used for food are called food grains or cereals.

Plant parts as food

The various parts of plants which are used as food material by us are: Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds.

(1) Plant roots as food

We eat the roots of some plants as food.

For example: carrot, radish, beetroot, sweet potato, turnip.

(2) Plant stem as food

Some plants store food in their stems (modified or underground). We eat the stems of such plants as food.

For example: onion, potato, ginger, garlic, turmeric.

(3) Plant leaves as food

The leafy vegetables are the leaves of the plants.

For example: spinach, cabbage, lettuce, leaves of mustard plant.

(4) Flowers as food

The flowers of some of the plants are eaten as food.

For example: flowers of banana plant, pumpkin plant, sunflower, Jasmine.

(5) Fruits as food

There are some plants which store food in their fruits.

We eat the fruits of such plants as food.

For example: apple, orange, mango, pears, banana, plum, grapes, guava.

(6) Seeds as food

Some of the plants store food in their seeds. We eat the seeds of these plants as food.

For eg: wheat, rice Maize, millet, Peas, pulses, mustard, groundnut, soyabean.

Groundnut and mustard seeds are called oilseeds because they are used to extract edible oils which are used for cooking food.

Mustard plant have two edible parts

(1) Leaves are used as leafy vegetable

(2) Seeds of mustard plant are used to extract mustard oil.

The fruit of banana plant are used as food and the flowers of the banana plant are also used as food in the form of vegetables.

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