Function of Plants Part

ROOT...
@ Take in oxygen during respiration.
@ Absorb and translocate water.
@ Store food as starch.
@ Anchor the plant.
@ Gives off CO2.
@ Produce nitrogen in legumes.

LEAVES...
@ Carries out photosynthesis.
@ Transpiration.
@ Stores some food.
@ May be used for asexual propagation.

STEM...
@ Translocates water and nutrients from roots to leaves, and sugars and starches from leaves to roots.
@ Stores food.
@ Supports leaves, fruit, and flowers.
@ Growth from the meristem of the terminal bud and lengthens the stem.
@ Growth in the cambium layer thickens the stem.