In addition, grown throughout the tropics is Mango, native to India ( valuable in many parts ) and from Southeast Asia ( includes root tubers used as spice and perfumes ).
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Root tubers have one end called the proximal end, which is the end that was attached to the old plant; this end has crown tissue that produces buds which grow into new stems and foliage.
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Though classified as a carnivore, the European badger feeds on a wide variety of plant and animal foods . The diet consists mainly of earthworms, large insects, small mammals, carrion, cereals and root tubers.
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The genus name comes from Latin " filum " ( " thread " ) and " pendulus " ( " hanging " ) in reference to the root tubers that hang from the roots in some species.
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"Hemerocallis fulva " plus a number of Daylily hybrids have large root-tubers, " H . fulva " spreads by underground stolons that end with a new fan that grows roots that produce thick root tubers and then send out more stolons.
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Thus the roots of " Cyclamen graecum " grow from the base of the tuber, suggesting it is a stem tuber, whereas those of " Cyclamen hederifolium " mostly grow from the upper surface of the tuber, suggesting it is a root tuber.
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In some species ( e . g . " Cyclamen coum " ) roots come from the bottom of the tuber, suggesting that it is a stem tuber; in others ( e . g . " Cyclamen hederifolium " ) roots come largely from the top of the tuber, suggesting that it is a root tuber.
