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Corms can form many small cormlets called cormels, from the basal areas of the new growing corms, especially when the main growing point is damaged. These propagate corm-forming plants. A number of species replace corms every year by growing a new corm. This process starts after the shoot develops fully expanded leaves.
In the summer, with hot and dry conditions the plant becomes dormant, with all the above ground parts dying back. Colder temperatures in winter then activate the corms. [9] Propagation occurs sexually by seed and asexually by small corms, called cormels or cormlets, produced in the axils of the corms (between tunic scales and body of corm). [10]
corm. adj. cormose, cormous. A fleshy, swollen stem base, usually underground and functioning in the storage of food reserves, with buds naked or covered by very thin scales; a type of rootstock. cormel A small corm (or cormlet), forming at the base of a growing larger corm. [30] corneous Horny in texture; stiff and hard, but somewhat tough ...
A geophyte (earth+plant) is a plant with an underground storage organ including true bulbs, corms, tubers, tuberous roots, enlarged hypocotyls, and rhizomes. Most plants with underground stems are geophytes but not all plants that are geophytes have underground stems. Geophytes are often physiologically active even when they lack leaves.
Corm, modified stems covered by dry scale-like leaves called a tunic, differing from true bulbs by having distinct nodes and internodes; Taproot, the largest, most central, and most dominant root of some plants
A representative CORM that has been extensively characterized both from a biochemical and pharmacological view point is the ruthenium(II) complex RuCl(CO) 3, known as CORM-3. Therapeutic data pertaining to metallic CORMs were reappraised to explore if observed effects are due to CO or if metal reactivity mediates physiological effects via thiol ...
In Nepal, it is called oal, kaan, or suran, and is grown mainly in the southern plains of the country. Its curry is consumed in Jitiya and Deepawali festivals. In the Philippines, it is known as pongapong. The young leaves, stems, and corms are consumed as vegetables or turned into desserts.
Colchicum (/ ˈ k ɒ l tʃ ɪ k əm / KOL-chik-əm or / ˈ k ɒ l k ɪ k əm / KOL-kik-əm) [2] is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms. It is a member of the botanical family Colchicaceae , and is native to West Asia , Europe , parts of the Mediterranean coast, down the East ...