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3. Twinning or clasping.

Here some climbers or clasp their weak stems around a sup-

port. E.g. Morning glory, Some beans, White yams, Tomatoes

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Ways how plants climb others

 Use of tendrils

 Use of hooks

 By twinning or clasping

Uses of stems to animals/man

 Most stems from woody plants are used for timber and fire-

wood

 Some stems are used as a herbal medicine to treat some

sicknesses

 Stems are used as food for wild animals

 Some stems are used as human food especially stem tubers.