Which one of the following is a petroleum plant?

Euphorbia

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Potato

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Maize

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Euphorbia
Euphorbia belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family and is known as petroleum plant or rubber plants. Its latex is found to be rich in hydrocarbon produced by their natural metabolic process and similar to petroleum. Potato is used to produce plastics and maize for production of alcohol. Thus the correct answer is option A.

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