Identify the cell depending upon the following features observed under microscope.
Elongated cell, narrow, thickened wall, narrow lumen, located around vascular bundle?

Epidermis

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Sclerenchyma

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Collenchyma

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Cambium

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Solution

The correct option is B Sclerenchyma
Sclerenchyma cells are elongated and cell wall is thickened due to deposition of lignin, due to which lumen is reduced.
It is present above the vascular bundle.

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