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Why do plant need leaves to grow?

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13y ago
Updated: 9/17/2019

Leaves are the main area of photosynthesis and with the sugars manufactured by this process the plant has no energy source and no building material and can not grow. Some photosynthesis takes place is the stems of some plants, but the leaves were evolved to maximize the photosynthetic process.

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