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How do Epiphytic roots differ from Sucking roots? -

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How do Epiphytic roots differ from Sucking roots?

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  Epiphytic roots Sucking roots
1. Vanda is an epiphytic plant, which grows on trees. The velamen tissue present in the epiphytic root, absorbs moisture, to perform photosynthesis. Cuscuta a parasite plant, climb the trees and other vegetation and use the haustorial roots to suck roots to penetrate the tissue of the host plant and suck nutrients from them. They are usually found in parasitic plants that depend on the host plants for nutrients.
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