Parts of Plants

Parts of plant

Plants have several parts and each part has an important function for plant survival.

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Parts of plant

Parts of Plants and its Importance

Plants have many parts such as shoot, stem, branch, flower, fruit and root.

Characteristic of Different Part of plants

Each plant is different from one another.

Parts of plants can be categorized according to its characteristic.

Parts of plants	Characteristics
Flower	Flowering & non-flowering
Stem	Woody stem & non-woody stem
Type of leaf vein	Netted vein & parallel veins
Type of root	Fibrous & taproot

For examples:-

Sugarcane tree	Plants	Tomato tree

Non-woody stem	Stem	Woody stem
Non-flowering	Flower	Flowering
Fibrous root	Root	Taproot
Parallel vein	Leaf	Netted vein

Different Yet Similar

Some plants have similar characteristic as other plants.

For example:-

The similarities between the two plants are:-

Fibrous roots
Flowering plants
Non-woody plants
Netted vein leaves

Although the two plants are of different species yet they have some similar parts.