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Give two differences between heart wood and sap wood.

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Heartwood is the inner dark coloured part of the wood of tree composed of dead cells filled with resin, gums, tannins, etc. In such wood, conduction does not occurs. Whereas sap wood is the outer light coloured region of the tree trunk consisting of living cells and helps in translocation.

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