Question

Why green leaf is boiled in alchohol before testing it in starche?

Answer 1

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We boil the leaf in alcohol when we are testing it for starch as this would remove the chlorophyll from the green leaf. 

Decolorised leaf is then treated with iodine and a blue black colour is obtained which confirms the presence of starch in the green portion of the leaf.