Question
Give scientific : Cuscuta plant does not have chlorophyll.
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Answer
- Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It is commonly found growing on hedge plant.
- It derives its nutrition directly from the host plant on which it thrives by parasitizing it.
- Since it does not prepare its own food by photosynthesis, it loses chlorophyll from the leaves.
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