Term Information

Accession
PO:0025522
Name
tuber
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
塊茎 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A plant axis (PO:0025004) that is radially enlarged. Source: POC:curators
Comment
Functions in storage of photosynthate metabolites. May develop from a branch (PO:0025073) or a root (PO:0009005). If you are annotating to tuber, you should pick the more specific child term: shoot axis tuber (PO:0004543) or tuberous root tuber (PO:0025476).
Subset
Potato
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Parents of tuber (PO:0025522)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
tuber [is_a relation] is_a  plant axis (PO:0025004)
Children of tuber (PO:0025522)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
tuber storage parenchyma (PO:0025036) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  tuber
shoot axis tuber (PO:0004543) [is_a relation] is_a  tuber
tuberous root tuber (PO:0025476) [is_a relation] is_a  tuber
PO_GIT
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