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Parenchyma
- The simple permanent tissue, Parenchyma acts as a packing tissue because they fill the spaces between other tissues to maintain the shape
Features:-
- They are living tissue.
- Most of them are unspecialised.
- They can be in any shape like oval, round, cylindrical etc. with large intercellular spaces.
- The cell wall is thin and rich in cellulose.
- They have a prominent nucleus with a large central vacuole because they are meant for storage mostly.
Functions:
- They store food, water & minerals.
- They help in lateral conduction also.
- They protects and maintains the shape of plant. Thy also check water loss from the plant.
- A special parenchyma, chlorenchyma performs photosynthesis. Eg: The mesophyll cells.
- Another tissue, aerenchyma helps in the buoyancyand float on water.
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