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"Potato is a stem and sweet potato is a root" justify the statement on the basis of external features.
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Potato is the swollen tip of an underground stem branch (stolon). It has nodes (eyes) which consist of one or more buds subtended by a leaf scar.Sweet potato is a swollen adventitious root (tuberous root). It has no nodes, internodes and buds like a stem.
Potato is the swollen tip of an underground stem branch (stolon). It has nodes (eyes) which consist of one or more buds subtended by a leaf scar.
Sweet potato is a swollen adventitious root (tuberous root). It has no nodes, internodes and buds like a stem.
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