Question

What is parenchyma ??????​

Answer 1

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What is parenchyma?

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Parenchyma, in plants, tissue typically composed of living cells that are thin-walled, unspecialized in structure, and therefore adaptable, with differentiation, to various functions.

Answer 2

Answer:

• parent is widely distributed in plant body in the stems, fruits, leaves and roots

structure

• parenchyma forms the basic packing tissue of the plant body
• paragonimus cells are living and relativity unspecialised
• this cells may be oval, round, cylindrical or polygonal in shape
• they have large intercellular spaces between them
• the cell wall is thin and made up of cellulose
• each cell has dense peripheral cytoplasm with a prominent nucleus and a large central vacuole

functions

• parenchyma serves as a packing tissue which fills the spaces between other tissues and maintains the shape of the plant due to its turgid cells
• it provides support to the plant
• the main function of parenchyma is to store and assimilate food
• parenchyma of stems and roots also stores nutrients and water.
• this tissue also stores waste products of plants such as tannins , gums ,crystals resins
• transport of material occurs through the cell or cell walls of parenchyma cells
• if chloroplast is present the parenchyma is known as chlorenchyma which performs photosynthesis.
• in aquatic plants flowers cavities are present in parenchyma which give buoyancy to the plants and help them to float in water.
• such type of parenchyma is known as aerenchyma