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Poplar root sprouts (suckers) emerging along the root of an originating tree (not visible) In botany, a root sprout or sucker is a severable plant that grows not from a seed but from the meristem of a root at the base of or a certain distance from the original tree or shrub.
The pineapple [2] [3] (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. [ 4 ] The pineapple is indigenous to South America , where it has been cultivated for many centuries.
Tapeinochilos ananassae, also known as backscratcher ginger, torch ginger, or (in Hawaii) Indonesian wax ginger, is an evergreen herb in the family Costaceae described as a species in 1866.
Plant propagation is the process of plant reproduction of a species or cultivar, and it can be sexual or asexual. It can happen through the use of vegetative parts of the plants, such as leaves, stems, and roots to produce new plants or through growth from specialized vegetative plant parts.
Give your pineapple a gentle squeeze and it should feel firm to the touch, but also give a little. Note: Pineapples don't get sweeter with age, but they do get juicier and softer. If you're going ...
Ananas macrodontes is a plant species closely related to the pineapple, in the family Bromeliaceae. [4] Its common name is the false pineapple, [5] a name shared with the not closely related Pandanus kaida. [6] There is no consensus whether this species should belong in the same genus as the pineapple , or in its own genus (Pseudananas). [4] [3]
Apical dominance, dominance of the main central stem of a plant; Basal shoots, also called suckers; Coppicing, a method of woodland management; Epicormic shoot, shoots that develop from buds under the bark; Pollarding, a pruning system in which the upper branches of a tree are removed, which encourages watersprouts
They may be known colloquially as "suckers", "pups" or "sister plants". Many houseplants produce offshoots, especially succulents, and they can be separated from the parent or main plant to grow new, independent, plants. [2]