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Lesson: Chapter 14 — Continuity of Life

14.2. Natural vegetative propagation 7 of 7

Question 7

Turmeric, ginger and banana all carry the same kind of underground stem. A potato carries a different one. What is the potato's?

The right answer is the one marked above.

A tuber. Potato and innala are the two examples of this type.

Turmeric, ginger and banana are the rhizomes, which is the rhizome. A corm is Alocasia or Amorphophallus; a bulb is red onion, big onion or leeks. All four are underground stems, divided by their external characteristics.

Answer the question to continue.