Question

Aakanksha was shown two slides of plant tissues; parenchyma and sclerenchyma. How did she identify sclerenchyma?

Answer 1

Identification of sclerenchyma cells:

1. She could identify sclerenchyma by the thickness of cell walls.
2. The walls of sclerenchyma tissues are thickened due to lignin.
3. Sclerenchyma cells are highly elongated, thick walled with narrow lumen and tapering ends.
4. It is in the fruit walls of nuts, seed coats of legume, etc., for example, in coconut husk.