Explain the Functions of the Stem ?

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1 Stem and the branches bear leaves and flowers
2 Conduction:- Stem conduct water and dissolved mineral
salts from the root to the leaf and prepared food material
from the leaf to different parts of the plant body.
3 Support:-The main stem acts as a sort of pillar supporting
the branches which spread in all directions
4 Storage:- The stem serves as a storehouse of food material
5 Food manufacture:- The young shoot when green in color
manufactures food in the present of sunlight with the help
of chloroplast present in it

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