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Stem vegetables are plant stems used as vegetables. Although many leaf vegetables , root vegetables , and inflorescence vegetables in fact contain substantial amounts of stem tissue, the term is used here only for those vegetables composed primarily of above-ground stems.
Also known as stolons, runners are modified stems that, unlike rhizomes, grow from existing stems just below the soil surface. As they are propagated, the buds on the modified stems produce roots and stems. Those buds are more separated than the ones found on the rhizome. [22] Examples of plants that use runners are strawberries and currants.
The edible portion is a stem modified for underwater growth. Buds and branches are visible on the vegetable sold as lotus root. Potato The edible portion is a rhizome (an underground stem) that is also a tuber. The "eyes" of the potato are lateral buds. Potatoes come in white, yellow, orange, or purple-colored varieties. Sugar cane
Underground stems are modified plant parts that derive from stem tissue but exist under the soil surface. [1] They function as storage tissues for food and nutrients, facilitate the propagation of new clones, and aid in perennation (survival from one growing season to the next). [ 2 ]
Mignonette vine (Anredera cordifolia) produces aerial stem tubers on 3.5-to-7.5-metre-tall (12 to 25 ft) vines; the tubers fall to the ground and grow. Plectranthus esculentus , of the mint family Lamiaceae , produces tuberous underground organs from the base of the stem, weighing up to 1.8 kg (3 lb 15 oz) per tuber, forming from axillary buds ...
Asparagus is an herbaceous, perennial plant [3] growing to 100–150 centimetres (3–5 feet) tall, with stout stems with much-branched, feathery foliage. The 'leaves' are needle-like cladodes ( modified stems ) in the axils of scale leaves; they are 6–32 millimetres ( 1 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches) long and 1 mm ( 1 ⁄ 32 in) broad, and ...
The stem can also be called the culm, halm, haulm, stalk, or thyrsus. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes: [2] The nodes are the points of attachment for leaves and can hold one or more leaves. There are sometimes axillary buds between the stem and leaf which can grow into branches (with leaves, conifer cones, or flowers). [2]
Celtuce (/ ˈ s ɛ l t ə s /) (Lactuca sativa var. augustana, [3] [4] [5] angustata, or asparagina), also called stem lettuce, [6] celery lettuce, asparagus lettuce, [7] or Chinese lettuce, is a cultivar of lettuce grown primarily for its thick stem or its leaves. It is used as a vegetable.