Give examples of the plants having leucoplasts.

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Leucoplasts are the colourless plastids which perform the function of storage. They are of three types- Amyloplasts which store carbohydrates, elaioplasts which store oil and fats and aleuroplasts which store proteins. Potato and castor oil plant have leucoplasts for the storage of starch and oil respectively.

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