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Question
Students were on an excursion to a botanical garden. They noted the following observation. Will you be able to help them in understanding those condition?
A plant had leaves with long leaf apex, which was curling around support.
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Solution
- Students must have observed leaf tip tendril.
- In some weak stems, leaf apex modifies into thin, green, wiry, coiled structure called as leaf tendril.
- Such leaf tendrils, help in climbing by curling around a support.
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