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Biology Question on Anatomy of Flowering Plants

In Cuscuta the nodes give rise to special roots which penetrate the host tissue upto

A

Cortex

B

Phloem

C

Epidermis

D

Pericycle

Answer

Phloem

Explanation

Solution

Cuscuta is a total parasite so it absorbs the prepared food from the phloem of the host, hence haustoria reaches upto phloem of host.