Question

A dorsiventral leaf has

• A. spongy tissue on both sides.
• B. palisade tissue on both sides
• C. spongy tissue on upperside and palisade tissue on lower side
• D. palisade tissue on upperside and spongy tissue on lower side.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

palisade tissue on upperside and spongy tissue on lower side.

Under the upper epidermis of the dorsiventral leaf, we find the pallisade parenchyma, a type of mesophyll cell. Under the pallisade parenchyma is the other kind of mesophyll, the spongy parenchyma.