Question

Write a note on edible parts of plants.

Answer 1

Hint: Plants are used by humans for a variety of purposes, including food, clothing, and medicine, as well as symbolic purposes in art, mythology, and literature. Agriculture's dependable provision of food is the foundation of civilization.

Complete answer:
Ethnobotany is the study of plant uses by indigenous peoples, whereas economic botany is the study of modern cultivated plants. Plants are used in medicine, providing many drugs from ancient times to the present, and as a feedstock for many industrial products such as timber and paper, as well as a variety of chemicals. Plants provide enjoyment to millions of people through gardening.
Plant edible parts are known as leaves, flowers, roots, fruits, seeds, and tubers.
Leaves: Many plant leaves, from lettuce in salads to the leaves of many herbs, are edible. Many leaves, however, are not edible due to toxins found in them that are harmful to humans.
Roots: Some plants' roots are also consumed. A root is a plant that grows underground and has many hair-like parts that absorb minerals and water from the soil. Carrots, radishes, parsnips, and turnips are examples of root vegetables.
Fruits: Some plants have food storage in their fruits. Like food, we consume the fruits of such plants. Apple, orange, mango, pears, banana, plum, grapes, and guava are a few examples.
Seeds: An edible seed can be consumed by humans or animals. Edible seeds are produced by a wide range of plant species, the majority of which are angiosperms with a few gymnosperms thrown in for good measure. Cereals are the most important edible seeds by weight as a global food source, followed by legumes, nuts, and spices.
Tubers: The potato is one of the most well-known tuber vegetables, but many other tuber vegetables are used for starch and carbohydrates all over the world. Taro or malanga, artichokes, yams, ginger, jicama, and cush are all edible tubers.
The edible part consists of the peduncle's stem tissue, flower buds, and a few tiny leaves.
Proliferated peduncles and flower tissue are the edible parts.
Roots, flowers, leaves, seeds, stems, and fruits are the various plant components that are used as food materials.
We eat the roots of plants for nutrition, such as radish, carrot, beetroot, sweet potato, and turnip.

Note:
There are millions of edible plants and millions of plants that are not edible. Jack-in-the-Pulpit is a plant that is not edible because all of its parts are poisonous to humans when eaten. Clover is an edible plant, and none of its parts are poisonous to humans if consumed.