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Categorise the following plants into hydrophytes, halophytes, mesophytes and xerophytes. Give reasons for your answers.
(a) Salvinia (b) Opuntia
`(c)`Rhizophora (d) Mangifera

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(a) Hydrophyte : Because it is not able to tolerate deficiency of water.
(b) Xerophyte : Because it prefers dry and hot climate with low rainfall.
(c) Halophyte : Because it grows in saline soil.
(d) Mesophyte : Because it prefers the areas with high moisture content.
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