Question

why cuscuta have parasite mode of nutrition

Answer 1

Cuscuta is the name of a group of plants in the morning glory family, of which the species Cuscuta epithymum is most commonly used in healing. A member of the Cuscutaceae family, species of cuscuta are found almost everywhere in the world, although cuscuta is more often called dodder in English-speaking countries. Other names include hellweed, devil's gut, beggarweed, strangle tare, scaldweed, dodder of thyme , greater dodder, and lesser dodder. In Chinese, cuscuta seeds are called tu si zi.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Cuscuta does not contain chlorophyll and cannot able prepare it's own food and grows on another host plant to get nutrients for its growth. Hence it is categorized as a parasite.