What are the characteristics of a stem?

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The characteristics of a stem:
Stem refers to one of the two main structural axes of a vascular plant.
The characteristics are:
It develops from the plumule of the embryo.
The stem is the aerial part of the plant and it possesses leaves, fruits, branches, and flowers.
The stem is positively phototropic and negatively geotropic.
The leaves contain chlorophyll so that plants can make food.
The stem possesses nodes and internodes.
The young stem is green.
The stem also consists of a terminal and axillary buds.

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(a) Weak stem which cannot stand upright: Creeper
(b) Green tender stem: Shrub
(c) Thick, hard stem with branching near the base: Tree
(d) Thick, hard stem with branches high on the plants: Herb

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