Question

Potato does not produce starch yet it is regarded as a storage stem why

Answer 1

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Starch is a carbohydrate, a compound made of carbon,oxygen and hydrogen. It is made by the plant for the storage of energy, kind of like we store fat in our bodies for energy reserves. 

Plants have leaves which capture energy from the sun, but the potato itself has no leaves.It is kind of like a bulb of a daffodil or onion in that it is the way that the plant survives over winter. It uses the stored energy in the starch for food [energy] until the newly growing plant is big enough so that the leaves can supply what it needs.

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Answer 2

Reason why potato does not produce starch but still is considered as storage stem:

Potato does not produce starch but it is regarded as a storage stem because plant store energy in it just like we store fat in our body. Starch is a carbohydrate which contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Plant produce energy by the help of sunlight and chlorophyll and stored in leaves but potatoes have no leaves. Potato is a bulb like structure which plant use to store energy until the plant will grow to the form the adult plant.