Question

Classify the plants as food with example.

Answer 1

Classify the plants as food for example.

1. Vegetables
2. Cereals
3. Pulses
Plants also give us coffee, tea, sugar, and raw materials for oil.

1. Vegetables: We get vegetables from different parts of the plants.
Roots: eg: Beetroot, Carrot.
Leaves : eg: Curry Leaves, Cabbage.
Stems: eg: Potato, Yam.
Flowers: eg: Banana flower, Cauliflower.
Fruits: eg: Amla, Guava.

2. Cereals: Cereals are edible components of a grain of cultivated grass.
Example: Rice, Wheat, Bajra, Millet.

3. Pulses: 

1. Pulses are edible seeds of plants legume family. Pulses are secured in pods.
2. Example: Bengal gram, Green mung bean.

4. Spices: Spices are aromatic parts of tropical plants traditionally used to flavor food. Spices come from the bark1 or roots of certain plants, leaves, flowers, or stems of plants primarily used for flavoring, coloring, or preserving food.

Spices used in India: Following spices are included in a variety of Indian dishes Cardamom, black pepper, curry leaves, fenugreek, fennel, ajwain, bay leaves, cumin, coriander seeds, turmeric, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon.