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Lianas are vascular plants rooted in the ground and maintain erectness of their stem by making use of other trees for support. They do not maintain direct relation with those trees. Discuss the type of association the lianas have with the trees.
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Solution
The type of association the lianas have with the trees is commensalism because the plant gets the support of the tree without effecting harming or providing any benefit to the tree.
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