(Mint Family) Diagnostic characters Habit: Annual herbs or rarely shrubs. Roots: Tap root Stem: Herbaceous; quadrangular; glandular hairs are present. Leaves: Petiolate; opposite and decussate; simple; exstipulate; Inflorescence: Verticillaster (opposite…
Potato Family Diagnostic characters Habit: Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, or small tree. Roots: Fibrous or tuberous tap root. Stem: Herbaceous or Nsood.); sometimes underground stem (tuber). Leaves: Petiolate; alternate…
Gourd Family Diagnostic characters Habit: Mostly annual or perennial herbs. They are mostly tendril climbers. Roots: Tap root Stem: Herbaceous. Stem is very soli It has tendrils. Leaves: Petiolate; Leaves…
Chenopodiaceae vegetables Diagnostic characters Habit: perennial herbs; very rare shrubs, or tree. Most of Is; plants are halophytes (salt tolerant). They have xerophytic chaa-teristics. They grow on saline soil. Roots:…
(Mulberry , Family) Diagnostic characters Habit: Mostly tree herbs, shrubs or vines. Roots: Tap root Stem: Woody; gum exudes from the stem. Leaves: Petiolate; alternate; simple; stipulate; Inflorescence: Catkin or…
Diagnostic characters Habit: Mostly perennial trees, some shrubs. Roots: Fibrous tap root Stem: Woody; spiny; Cylindrical; Leaves: Petiolate; Leave alternate or opposite simple or compound: exstipnlate; reticulate venation. Inflorescence: Terminal…
Diagnostic characters Habit: Annual perennial Herbs, shrubs, or tree; most of plants are xerophytic; presence of milky juice. Roots: Tap root Stem: Herbaceous and fleshy; sPiny; Leaver Sessile or petiolate;…
ROSE FAMILY : Rosaceae Diagnostic characters Habit: Perennial; herbs, shrubs, and trees. Roots: Fibrous tap root and fibrous adventitious roots. 3.. Stem: Herbaceous or woody; stem is covered with prickles.…
Diagnostic characters Habit: Annual or perennial. I lerbs. shrubs, vines, or tree. Roots: Fibrous tap root often develops nodules in herbs. Nitrogen Fixing bacteria live in these nodules. Stem: Herbaceous…
CRUCIFERAE (Mustard family) Diagnostic characters Habit: Annual, biennial or perennial herbs Roots: Tap root (fibrous or tuberous) Stem: I lerbaceous. cs indrical. Leaves: Petiolate. alternate, simple, exstipulate, reticulate venation, leaves…
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