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Prepare chart for natural vegetative propagation exhibited by flowering plants indicating the vegetative part/s and the different examples.
| Organ | Part | Name of plant |
|---|---|---|
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| Organ | Part | Name of plant |
|---|---|---|
| Root | Adventitious buds on a tuberous (swollen) root | Sweet potato, Dahlia |
| Root | Buds on fleshy roots / root crown | Asparagus |
| Stem (underground) | Rhizome, a horizontal stem with nodes and buds | Turmeric, Ginger |
| Stem (underground) | Tuber, a swollen stem tip with 'eyes' (buds) | Potato |
| Stem (underground) | Bulb, a short stem with fleshy scale leaves and an apical bud | Onion, Garlic |
| Stem (underground) | Corm, a swollen vertical stem | Colocasia (arum) |
| Stem (sub-aerial) | Runner, a creeping stem rooting at the nodes | Grasses (Cynodon), Strawberry |
| Stem (sub-aerial) | Sucker, a shoot from an underground stem base | Banana, Chrysanthemum |
| Stem (sub-aerial) | Offset, a short thick runner | Water hyacinth (Eichhornia) |
| Leaf | Adventitious buds in the marginal notches of the leaf | Bryophyllum, Kalanchoe |
| Leaf | Buds arising on the leaf lamina / from a fallen leaf | Begonia |
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