Title: Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
1Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
2Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
STEM!
http//www.async.caltech.edu/mika/potato/POTATO.j
pg
The potato is an underground storage stem,
technically called a tuber. The eyes are
actually buds from the stem!
3Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
ROOT!
http//www.naturesfinestproduce.com/webshop/index.
php?main_pagepopup_imagepID144
The carrot is a modified tap root.
4Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
LEAF!
Celery stalks are actually really large petioles!
http//www.seriouseats.com/2010/06/in-season-celer
y-choosing-storing-recipes-20100619.html
5Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
FLOWER!
http//www.yourfoodstorage.com/product/1446927100
The broccoli tops are under-developed flowers
sometimes called broccoli florets!
6Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
ROOT!
http//www.self.com/fooddiet/blogs/nutritiondata/2
010/11/the-difference-between-sweet-p.html
The sweet potato is really quite different from a
regular potato!
7Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
LEAVES!
http//cccmkc.edu.hk/kei-kph/Food20storage20org
an/Food20storage20organ.htm
http//mansurovs.com/recipes/lagman-recipe
Most of what we eat from the onion are the
modified fleshy storage leaves around the stem.
8Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
FLOWER!
http//dinnerzing.ning.com/profiles/blogs/is-artic
hoke-extract-a-good
http//www.duke.edu/mdw7/photos/pages/artichoke2
0flower.htm
The artichoke is actually a flower bud, picked
before the purple flower blooms!
9Leaf, Stem, Root, or Flower?
STEM!
Ginger root is actually not a root at all. It
is a modified storage stem called a rhizome.
http//www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/09051
4221920.htm
http//2.bp.blogspot.com/_NiTMbsmZR_k/SJ009bwtvuI/
AAAAAAAACM0/8HJM97JzSZE/s400/01GingerRootSprout
s.jpg