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The document discusses the key parts and functions of plants, including roots, stems, fruits, leaves, and flowers. It then provides details on several specific plant species and their traditional medicinal uses by indigenous groups, such as using root decoctions for stomach pains or sap for treating skin cancer. Examples of edible tubers like potatoes are also mentioned. A list of references on native Australian plants and their functions is included at the end.
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Plants
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1) Non-seed producing plants like algae, fungi, mosses and ferns reproduce using spores and lack true roots, stems and leaves.
2) Gymnosperms are seed-producing but flowerless plants like conifers that bear cones and have exposed seeds.
3) Angiosperms are flowering plants that have seeds enclosed in fruits; they are divided into monocots and dicots. Monocots have single cotyledons while dicots have two.
Plants
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- They have evolved specialized tissues like vascular tissue to transport water and nutrients.
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- 3. Scientific name : Marsdenia flavescens uses : Tuber, leaf, stem Potatoes A tuber is a food-storing stem of a plant that grows underground. The tasty part of a potato plant, pictured here, is a tuber. Other types of tubers include yams and water chestnuts.
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