Question

water hyacinth plant float on water surface name the tissue and its types due to which it is possible and also explain the special features of this tissue which help in this

Answer 1

This is the reason:

Plants floating in water like water hyacinth have tissues known as 'aerenchyma'.

Aerenchyma is a special type of parenchyma tissue in which large air cavities are formed by the cells of these tissues. Hence the plants become buoyant due to the presence of air which helps them to float and it also facilitates in gaseous exchange.

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Answer 2

Water hyacinth floats in water due to presence of large air cavities in the parenchyma tissue. These specialised parenchyma tissue are called aerenchyma.....plz vote in brilliant plz plz