Root- It stores food, absorbs water & nutrients, and anchors the plant to the ground. Trees store food in the tissues of the trunk and branches but many herbaceous plants have special underground storage organs. Young, tender shoots of asparagus are also called "spears" Crop plants which are grown for their starchy roots, tubers and corms are called root and tuber crops. They  are generally placed under the domain of agronomy. Examples of food-storing stems include such specialized forms as tubers, rhizomes, and corms and the woody stems of trees and shrubs. Swollen tap roots. the carrot, radish are modified roots and stores the reserve food, the ginger is a modified stem but not stores food, the potato is the good … ball cactus Ball cactus (Parodia magnifica). Rhubarb, and sugar cane store food in the stems. Swollen modified stems, such as bulbs, tubers, corms, and rhizomes, serve as main food storage organs. Some plants have edible flowers such as saffron and squash blossoms. Potatoes store food in the roots. These may be modified roots or stems. The carrot is an excellent example. Some store foods in their seeds such as rice and wheat. Storage in swollen tap roots is common in biennials (plants that grow and store food one year and flower and die the next). © Stephan von Mikusch/Fotolia Different plants store food in different parts of the plant. Stem- Supports plant, transports nutrients, and storage of food/nutrients. Water storage is developed to a high degree in the stems of cacti, and all green stems are capable of photosynthesis. Cabbages store food in the leaves. Leaf- Contains chloroplast (filled with chlorophyll) and it's where photosynthesis takes place.

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