Defensive Mechanism in Plants | Botany

In this article we will discuss about the defensive mechanism in plants. 1. Very often plants are provided with hard sharp-pointed bodies which serve as weapons for self-defence. They may be morphologi­cally different, but all of them carry on the same function. Thorns are the pointed organs, as found in Duranta (B. Mehdi). These are meta­morphosed stems. Leaves or parts [...]