EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Euphorbia belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family and is known as petroleum plant or rubber plants. Its latex is found to be rich in hydrocarbon produced by their natural metabolic process and similar to petroleum. Potato is used to produce plastics and maize for production of alcohol.

Detailed explanation-2: -So, the correct answer is ‘Euphorbia’.

Detailed explanation-3: -An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha.

Detailed explanation-4: -Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).

Detailed explanation-5: -Some species of Euphorbiaceae have economic significance, such as cassava (Manihot esculenta), castor oil plant (Ricinus communis), Barbados nut (Jatropha curcas), and the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis).