Common Parts of the

Plants
Leaves
Leaves
All plants have leaves. But
leaves differ in size shape
and leaf margins.
 Size

Malunggay leaf Mango leaf

Banana leaf (small) (medium)
(large)
 Shape

Linear Oval heart-shaped

Triangular
 Edges or leaf margins

Smooth Serrate Undulate

Lobed
Leaves have uses. You learned
that plants make their own food.
The making food happens in
leaves of the plants. Some leaves
are eaten as food. Some leaves
are used as medicine.
Leaves Used as Food Leaves Used as
Medicine
malunggay santol for fever
ampalaya santan for sores
cabbage mango for cough
gabi guava for wounds
lettuce lagundi for asthma
pechay gumamela for boils
spinach oregano for sore throat
Stem
Stem
All plants have stems but
stems of plants differ. Can
you classify them?
Stems may be grouped as
soft and fleshy, or thick and
hard.
 Soft and fleshy stems

Celery Grass Pandan

 Thick and hard stems

Santan Gumamela San

Francisco
Do you know what the main stem of a
tree is called trunk?

Trunk

Narra tree Acacia tree

 Stems have uses. Sometimes
connect the roots and the leaves of
plants. They hold the leaves, flowers,
and fruits. They are the way of food
and water to the different parts of the
plants. Stems may be eaten. Celery,
kangkong, gabi, spring onions,
asparagus, and bamboo shoot are
edible (meaning, may be eaten) roots.
Celery Asparagus Spring
Onions
Roots
Roots
All plants have roots but may
differ. Some roots are fibrous like
grass. Others are long, thick and
fleshy. Still others are long thick,
and hard.
Fibrous roots

Grass Roots
Long, Thick, and Fleshy
roots

Gabi Carrot
Long, thick, and hard roots
 Roots have uses. What holds the
tree to the soil? The roots hold the
tress soil.
Some roots can be eaten. Carrots,
gabi, kamote, ginger, and radish are
edible.
some roots have medicinal value,
they can cure some ailments.
Examples are ginger (luya) and