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6.Anatomy of Flowering Plants
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Give differences: Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma
Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D
Solution
| Collenchyma | Sclerenchyma |
| $(1)$ It is found in lower layer of epidermis in dicot plants. |
$(1)$It is seen in pericycle of dicot stem of monocot and hypodermis |
| $(2)$ Cells are living and nucleated. | $(2)$cellas are dead. |
| $(3)$Angles are made up of thickened cells. | $(3)$Cell wall is thickened with lignin and of long, narrow, thin cells. |
| $(4)$Cells are oval, spherical or polygonal. | $(4)$Cells are polygonal and like long fibres. (Sclerenchymatic fibres). |
| $(5)$ It gives flexibility. | $(5)$ It gives mechanical strength. |
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