What is a parasitic plant?

A parasitic plant is a heterotrophic plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant because they lack chlorophyll and hence cannot make its own food.

For example- Cuscuta (Amarbel) is a yellow tubular plant climb on other trees known as a host plant and absorb the readymade food.

Given below is an image of Cuscuta.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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