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6.Anatomy of Flowering Plants
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Give differences : Heartwood and Sapwood
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Option B
Option C
Option D
Solution
| Heartwood | Sapwood |
| $(1)$ In old trees where secondary growth takes place in sufficient amount, that region is called Heartwood. | $(1)$ The outer region of secondary wood that possesses young xylem cells, such region is called sapwood. |
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$(2)$ Its cells are filled with Tanin, Resin and other substances. |
$(2)$ It has living cells, tubes and fibres. |
| $(3)$It is durable and has black colour | $(3)$ It is soft and of yellow colour. |
| $(4)$ It gives mechanical strength. | $(4)$ It does physiological processes of plant. |
| $(5)$ It loses the property of water transport. | $(5)$ It transports water and nutrients and stores food. |
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