They come from the tropical regions of China and India and grow from an
underground stem, or rhizome.
What name is given to the
underground stem base of plants such as the crocus and gladiolus?
TURMERIC, like ginger, is a rhizome, or
underground stem. It's sold fresh, but the ground form in the spice aisle is more common in America.
The root or
underground stem (rhizome) can be consumed fresh, dehydrated, powdered, or pickled.
An aerial stem system of plumular origin and an
underground stem system of cotyledonary bud origin have been described, and the root system is completely adventitious and formed by the
underground stem axis (Andreata and Menezes, 1999).
A rhizome is an
underground stem that penetrates laterally through the soil to spread the plant.
In the same family as turmeric and cardamom, this rhizome (
underground stem) of the ginger plant (Zingiber offieinale) may have a yellow, white or reddish flesh under a thick or sometimes thin brown skin, depending on variety and age at harvest.
"Porcupines are fond of tuber crops like potatoes, saffron corms (the swollen
underground stem that some plants have to survive harsh conditions like winter snow) cabbages, fruit barks etc.
Rhizome is the
underground stem of a plant that grows horizontally, thrusts any barrier and sustains the plant survival.
According to them all adventitious roots originate from the
underground stem called rhizophore.
Fufu at Anokye Kron is pounded cassava with plantain or cocoyam, an edible
underground stem. It's available as an entree or in the $5 appetizer size - or as a weekend special in the form of Fufu and Goat Soup.