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What are buttress roots?

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1. In certain trees broad plank like outgrowths develop towards the base all around the trunk.
2. They grow obliquely downwards and give support to huge trunks of trees.
3. This is an adaptation for tall rain forest trees. Eg: Silk cotton tree (Pterygota alata), White cotton tree (kapok).
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