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Busttress roots are found is...

Busttress roots are found is

A

Sorghum

B

Banyan

C

Terminalia

D

pandanus

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C
Buttress roots re'fer to irregular, broad- like the wood plants that arise from basal parts of main stem of older plants, and spread in different direction~ in the soil, e.g. Ficus religiosa (peepal), Tenmnalia, Bombax, etc. These roots aids in providing mechanical support to the trees.
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