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Pneumatophores are found in-
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Pneumatophores (also known as respiratory roots) are specialized roots that grow upward out of the water or mud to absorb oxygen directly from the air.
They are a key adaptation for plants like mangroves that live in marshy, saline, and anaerobic (oxygen-poor) soils, where regular roots would suffocate.
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