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6.Anatomy of Flowering Plants
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The feature which is common to both heartwood and sapwood is
A
Both are the regions of secondary xylem
B
Both are involved in the conduction of water
C
Both comprise dead elements with accumulation of aromatic compounds
D
Both are located in the central layers of the stem
Solution
Only sapwood is involved in the conduction of water because heartwood is blocked with accumulation of aromatic compounds.
Heartwood is completely dead because xylem parenchyma is used up in formation of tyloses.
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