Question

what is the definition of phloem

Answer 1

the vascular tissue in plants which conducts sugars and other metabolic products downwards from the leaves.

Answer 2

phloem helps in the transportation of

prepared food from the leaves to various parts of the plant in both upward and downward direction

it consists of four types of tissues

1. sieve tubes

2.companion cell

3.phloem parenchayma

4. phloem fibres