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Agriculture · Q268

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 268

Q268

New Zealand spinach belongs to the family

A.
Araceae
B.
Liliaceae
C.
Basellaceae
D.
Aizoaceae
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
New Zealand spinach belongs to the family Aizoaceae.
Tetragonia tetragonioides, commonly called New Zealand spinach is a flowering plant in the fig-marigold family (Aizoaceae). It is often cultivated as a leafy vegetable.
Its natural habitat is sandy shorelines and bluffs. It is a halophyte and grows well in the saline ground. The plant has a trailing habit and will form a thick carpet on the ground or climb through other vegetation and hang downwards.