Potato tuber is considered as a stem because of the following reasons

(i) The tuber has nodes and internodes.

(ii) Leafy shoots appear from the nodes.

Q.4    Between an annual and a perennial plant, which one has a shorter juvenile phase? Give one reason.


Potato tuber is considered as a stem because of the following reasons

(i) The tuber has nodes and internodes.

(ii) Leafy shoots appear from the nodes.