Question
Biology Question on morphology of flowering plants
Which of the following is not an example of corm ?
A
Colocasia
B
Freesia
C
Crocus
D
Zingiber
Answer
Zingiber
Explanation
Solution
Zingiber officinale (ginger) is a straggling sympodial rhizome, which is a perennial, fleshy, dorsiventral, horizontal, usually branched, underground stem growing beneath the surface of soil. It possesses nodes and internodes, scaly leaves, axillary buds and roots at their nodes.