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The aerial stem in banana is
Option: 1
Corm
Option: 2
False stem (Pseudostem)
Option: 3
True herbaceous stem
Option: 4
Rhizome
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Modification of the Underground Stem -
Modification of the Underground Stem
- Underground stem may appear to be root but show features of stem like distinct nodes and internodes.
- They bear scaly non-green leaves with axillary buds.
- These act as organ of perennation and storage of food.
Rhizome
- It is fleshy, non-green, underground stem.
- There is a clear demarcation of nodes and internodes.
- They have terminal bud as well as axillary bud.
- Axillary buds are present in the axils of each scaly leaf.
- They can give rise to new shoots.
- For example, Ginger, turmeric, banana, etc.
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A trunk formed by aggregation of leaf bases as in banana is called pseudostem.
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