Question

(b) Give the exact location of lenticels.

Answer 1

Lenticels:

1. Lenticels are small permanent openings on the bark of old trees.
2. They help in the gaseous exchange between the environment and the internal tissues of the woody plants.
3. They are usually made up of parenchymatous cells.

Location of lenticels:

1. They are located on the older trunk of the woody plants.
2. They are developed by periderm through the activity of phellogen.