PLANT SCIENCE – GROUPWORK 1

 Group member:
Huỳnh Thị Thảo Nguyên BTBTIU17095
Đặng Gia Hoàng BTBTIU17071
Nguyễn Hoàng Bảo Ngân BTBTIU17083
Nguyễn Tuấn Anh BTBTIU18016
Nguyễn Hồng Đức BTBTIU17081
 Types of Member Pictures Characteristics
sample
+ Narrow grass-like leaves.
+ Leaves have lobes that hang
downwards, it almost looks like
Monocot the veins branch out
(Bamboo) Tuấn Anh
+ Root system: a network of
fibrous roots which arose from
the stem of the plant and are
Figure 1: Bamboo roots and leaves called adventitious roots.
+ Leaves: veins - a net-like or
reticulated pattern.
+ The veins - a finely branched
Dicot
network throughout the leaf
(Nacre tree) blade with thin veins reticulating
(Giant crape- Tuấn Anh
between the major veins.
myrtle) + A taproot system - one large
Figure 2: Nacre roots Figure 3: root at the base of the plant and
Giant crape- smaller roots that branch out
myrtle leaves from it.
 + Mango is a tropical fruit tree.
penetrating deeply into the soil.
+ The leaves are evergreen,
alternate, simple, staggered,
Simple leaves lanceolate leaf blade, smooth,
Hồng Đức
(Mango) fragrant, 15cm–35cm long, and
6cm–16cm broad, when the
leaves young they are orange-
pink, rapidly changing to a dark,
glossy red, then dark green as
Figure 4: Mango leaves they mature.

+ Sauropus androgynus also

known as katuk, star
Compound
gooseberry, or sweet leaf.
leaves + The leaves are compound
(Sauropus Hồng Đức
leaves, oval shapes, staggered,
androgynus) dark green color, have petiole
and it tastes like asparagus. The
foil is thin, smooths and
Figure 5: Sauropus androgynus leaves impervious to water
 + Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
is a leguminous tree (family
Fabaceae) bearing edible fruit.
Doubly- + This tree possess evergreen
compound leaves are alternately arranged
leaves Gia Hoàng and pinnately lobed. The leaflets
(Tamarindus are bright green, elliptic-ovular,
indica) pinnately veined, and less than
5 cm in length.
+ Leaf type: doubly-compound,
made of 10 to 15 pair
Figure 6: Tamarindus indica leaves
+ Leaf arrangement: alternate
attachment

+ Basella alba, is an annual or

perennial climbing herb with red
or green vines and leaves. The
Alternate leaves are thick, fleshy, pointed
Attachment Gia Hoàng
at the tip, and arranged
(Basella alba) alternately along the vine.
+ Leaf type: simple, thick
+ Leaf arrangement: alternate
attachment
Figure 7: Basella alba leaves
 + Golden trumpet leaf belongs
to compound leaf form, smooth
and glossy. The blade consists
of multiple leaflets. These leaves
about 5 to 8 cm long, 2 to 3 cm
wide often grow in clusters at
Opposite the ends of branches.
Attachment Bảo Ngân
(Golden trumpet + This tree also has some
tree) characteristics like fast growth
rate, light-tolerant plants, highly
fertile soil condition with porous
Figure 8: Figure 9: to ensure enough moisture but
not inundated
Opposite leaf Golden trumpet tree
attachment
 + The blackboard tree is found
in Southeast Asia like Vietnam.
This tree can grow a height of
40 meters with loose leaves.

+ These leaves belong to whorl

Whorled attachment. The upper part of
Attachment Bảo Ngân the leaves is shiny, while the
(Blackboard underside is greyish. The leaves
appear in three to ten sheets in
tree) the circle. The particle is 1-3 cm
long.

Figure 10:
Whorl attachment of Blackboard tree
 a. Aloe Vera: is a stemless or
very short-stemmed plant
growing to 60–100 cm (24-39 in)
tall, spreading by offsets. The
leaves are thick and fleshy,
green to grey-green, with some
varieties showing white flecks on
their upper and lower stem
surfaces.

Modified leaves Thảo Nguyên b. Cactus

(Aloe vera) The great majority of cacti have
no visible leaves;
(Cactus) photosynthesis takes place in
the stems (which may be
flattened and leaflike in some
Figure 11: Figure 12: species). Exceptions occur in
three groups of cacti
Aloe vera Cactus Botanically, "spines" are
distinguished from "thorns":
spines are modified leaves, and
thorns are modified branches
 a. Beetroot
+ The beetroot is the taproot
portion of a beet plant, and also
known as the table beet, garden
beet, red beet, dinner beet or
golden beet. It is one of several
cultivated varieties of Beta
vulgaris grown for their edible
taproots and leaves (called beet
greens);
+ Besides being used as a food,
beets have uses as a food
Modified roots Thảo Nguyên coloring and as a medicinal
(Beetroot) plant. Many beet products are
made from other Beta vulgaris
(Sweet varieties, particularly sugar beet.
potatoes)
b. Sweet potatoes: The
Figure 12: Figure 13: biological name of sweet potato
is Ipomea batatas. It belongs to
Beetroot Sweet potatoes the morning glory family. These
plants have adventitious root
modifications called tuberous
roots. The roots swell into tubers
and thus store starch food.
 1) Ginger plant has rhizomes
are horizontal, belowground
stems that grow just below the
surface or emerges and grow
along the surface

Modified stems Gia Hoàng

(Ginger) Figure 14: Rhizomes of ginger
(Onion)

2) Onion has bulbs are vertical

underground shoots
Many layers of modified leaves
attached to the short stem by
splicing an onion bulb
lengthwise

Figure 15: Bulbs of onion