Question

Name the type of nutrition found in the following organism:

Cuscuta

Answer 1

1. The type of nutrition found in Cuscuta is parasitic nutrition.

2. Parasitic Nutrition is a mode of heterotrophic nutrition where an organism (known as a parasite) lives on the body surface or inside the body of another type of organism (known as a host).

3. The parasite obtains nutrition directly from the body of the host.

4. Cuscuta (Amerbel) is an example of a stem parasite which take nutrition from the other plant.