This document discusses the different parts of plants that humans eat, including roots like beetroot and potato, stems like sugarcane and bamboo shoots, leaves like spinach and coriander, flowers like cauliflower and broccoli, fruits like mango and apple, and seeds like peas, wheat, and pulses. It provides examples for each edible plant part and includes review questions asking the reader to provide two examples each of roots, stems, flowers, leaves, fruits, and seeds that are commonly eaten.

1. PARTS OF A PLANT WE
EAT
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2. WHAT CAN WE EAT
FROM A PLANT?

3. Parts of
a plant
we eat
root
stem
leaves
flower
fruit
seed

4. Roots we eat
Beetroot Potato
Carrots

5. Stems we eat
Sugarcane
Bamboo
Shoots
Spring Onions

6. Leaves we eat
Spinach
Methi
Coriander

7. Flowers we eat
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Broccoli

8. Fruits we eat
Mango
Cherry
Apple

9. Seeds we eat
Peas
Cereals like
wheat, corn,
rice, etc.
Pulses like rajma, lobhia, chhole, dal, etc.

10. Q 1. Give 2 examples of the
following:
a. Roots that we eat
b. Stem that we eat
c. Flowers that we eat

11. Q 2. Give 2 examples of the
following:
a. Leaves that we eat
b. Fruits that we eat
c. Seedsthat we eat