Ginger plant has an underground stem which is a

Rhizome

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Solution

The correct option is A Rhizome
Ginger (Rhizome) is a modified stem of a plant that grows horizontally underground. The roots and shoots grow from nodes of rhizomes. They are also called as creeping rootstocks. Rhizomes are diageotropic in nature meaning they grow perpendicular to the gravity force.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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Which of the following plants have/has an underground stem?

Name of plant	Vegetative parts from which plant grows
A) Money plant	1) Root
B) Ginger	2) Stem
C) Sweet potato	3) Leaf
D) Bryophyllum	4) Underground stem

Rhizome of ginger is like the roots of other plants that, grows underground. Despite this fact ginger is a stem and not a root. Justify.

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