Question

Sweet potato is a tuberous root. Explain the term tuberous root and give two more examples​

Answer 1

Answer:

Sweet potato: The biological name of sweet potato is Ipomea batatas. It belongs to the morning glory family. - These plants have adventitious root modifications called tuberous roots. The roots swell into tubers and thus store starch food.

Answer 2

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• Sweet potatoes

Botanical name → Ipomoea batatas

Family → Convolvulaceae

• Tuberous root

A tuberous root is an enlarged fleshy root modified as a storage organ with shoots produced at one end and roots produced at the other.

• Examples :

:⟶ Carrots, beets,cassava

1. Carrots and beets are tuberous roots that are modified from tap root.
2. Cassava (manioc) is a tube tous root that is modified from an adventitious root.