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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.
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]
So here, we've broken down exactly how to pick out a pineapple that's perfectly sweet and ready to eat. Step 1: Smell the bottom. Pineapple should smell like, well, pineapple. Give the bottom of ...
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]
The term 'sucker' has also been used as well, especially for bromeliads, which can be short lived plants and when the parent plant has flowered, they signal the root nodes to form new plants. [ 1 ] Offsets form when meristem regions of plants, such as axillary buds or homologous structures, differentiate into a new plant with the ability to ...
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