Question

Why are inseetivorous plants called partial hetrotrophs

Answer 1

Hello dear Mate !

Here is your answer :

⏺️Insectivorous plants are those plants which sustain their life from insects and this process of taking complex food materials is called heterotrophic mode of nutrition.

⏺️Hence, they are called as partial heterotrophs although they carry out Photosynthesis.

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Answer 2

hey dear here is ur answer.....

Insectivorous plants have chlorophyll they can make their food but they grow in nitrogen deficiency area ...so they depend on insects...

By taking those insects they take nitrogen for
protein synthesis.......

and so they are called partial heterotrophs....