Question

The common bottle cork is a product of

Answer 1

Explanation:

The cork cambium or phellogen cells divide periclinally cutting off cells towards the outside and inside. The cells cut off towards the out side becomes suberised and dead. These are compactly packed in radial rows without intercellular spaces and form cork or phellem. Cork is impervious to water due to the suberin and provrdes protection to underlying tissues. The cells cut off fiom cork cambium towards inside add to the cortex and are called secondary cortex cells or phelloderm cells.

Answer 2

Phellogen

Explanation: The common bottle cork is the product of phellogen. Phellogen produces cork or phellem on the outer side. It consists of dead and compactly arranged rectangular cells that possess suberised cells walls.