Which parameter tissue in plants is responsible for providing flexibility to plants?
- Illustrate its characteristics using a diagram.
- Also describe its functions.
- Collenchyma tissue is responsible for providing flexibility to plants.
Collenchyma is generally present in leaf stalks,leaf midribs and herbaceous dicot stems.
Characteristics Collenchyma cells- Cells are living, elongated and irregularly thick at the corners.
- Cell wall has extra deposition of cellulose and pectin and possesses simple pits.
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Functions
- It provides mechanical supports and elasticity to the plants.
- It manufactures sugar and starch when chloroplasts are present in it.