Question

What are Bulbils? Explain different types with suitable examples.

Answer 1

1. Bulbils are modified and enlarged buds, meant for propagation.
2. When bulbils detach from the parent plant and fall on the ground, they germinate into new plants and serve as a means of vegetative propagation.
3. In Agave and Allium, proliferum floral buds get modified into bulbils.
4. In Lilium bulbiferum and Dioscorea bulbifera, the bulbils develop in the axil of leaves.
5. In Oxalis, they develop just above the swollen root.