Although potato tuber is an underground part, it is considered as a stem. Give two reasons.

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Characteristics of a stem:

Stem must have the following features:-

● Leaves

● Nodes

● Internodes

● Buds

Characteristics of potato tuber:

Potato tuber has the following features:-

● They have aerial shoots that grow above the ground

● Nodes and internodes are present.

● Buds are present at the nodes that if allowed can grow into new plantlets.

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