Question

Cycas stem shows

• A. Porous wood
• B. Manoxylic wood
• C. Pycnoxylic wood
• D. Ring porous wood

Answer 1

The correct option is B Manoxylic wood

In Cycas, the stem anatomy shows certain primitive features. There is a large cortex and pith and contains small amount of wood. The wood is non compact with large amount of parenchyma, large pith and cortex mixed with less amount of xylem tracheids of wood and called as manoxylic wood.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.