Why is sugarcane not regarded as a stem tuber yet it stores its food in the stem?
Biology · High School · Sun Jan 24 2021
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Explanation: The sugar cane are several species of tall perennial true grasses. The sugar is obtained from the stems and is processed to produce the sugars we use as a sweetener in our food and drinks, etc. A tuber is a thickened underground part of a stem, one example is the potato.
The stem is the store center of sucrose and sugar. The sheath part of circles the stem about the one third of the leaf.