Question

What is a tendril? Name the two types of tendrils. What does a tendril do in response to a touch of support? What is this phenomenon known as?

Answer 1

• Tendrils are the thin, thread-like growths on the stems or leaves of climbing plants and are considered as the climbing organs.
• The climbers are weak plants that cannot stand upright without external support.
• The two types of tendrils are stem tendrils and leaf tendrils.
• When the tendril comes in contact with the side of any object as support it grows drastically causing the tendrils to bend and wind around the object.
• This directional movement is called thigmotropism.