Question

Based on the following images, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

• A. Image (i) is a creeper and image (ii) is a climber.
• B. Image (i) has aerial roots.
• C. Image (i) is a climber and image (ii) is a creeper.
• D. Image (ii) has a woody stem.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

Image (i) is a climber and image (ii) is a creeper.

$\bullet$ Money plant (image (i)) is a climber. It has thin, long and weak stem which can not stand upright. It requires external support to grow. It has special kinds of roots called aerial roots, which fixes it to the support.
$\bullet$ Creeper plants like pumpkin (image (ii)), and muskmelon have flexible, soft and weak green stem. Due to the size of the fruit they bear, creeper plants cannot climb to other trees or structures for support. Hence, they grow horizontally along the ground.