What is the properties of collenchyma
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Explanation:
Some basic characteristics of collenchyma are as follows-
1. It is the living tissue deeply we can say it living mechanical tissue.
2. It is formed by the elongated cells and accordingly to the section we see it the shape changes.
3. It appears oval in the transverse section and also somewhere it looks in spherical or rounded or polygonal in the shape.
4. Intracellular spaces are not present.
5. Mostly pectin deposition is found.
6. And at the corners cellulose and hemicellulose may be present.
7.. Those cells contain chloroplasts.
8. Whenever those cells have chloroplasts they are assimilated.
9. It is not a universal tissue.
10. Flexibility is found in those cells because of pectocellulose (as they are of hydrophilic nature) that's why we see flexibility in the dicot stems.
11. Collenchyma is not found in old plants or matured plants because of the secondary growth of the the dicot stems.
12. They perform their function in two ways firstly by providing support and secondly the biological works.
13. Strength, swaying are the some example of mechanical function.
14. It performs vital function due to the presence of the chloroplasts that's why it also plays vital function in the photosynthesis process as well.
15. They also help in the development of the young stems.