Question

What are lenticels and how are they usefull to tree

Answer 1

• A lenticel is a porous tissues consisting of cells with large intercellular spaces in the periderm of the secondarily thickened organs, on the stems of wood plants and roots of dicotyledonous flowering plant.
• Lentil formation usually begins beneath stomatal complex during primary growth preceding the development of first periderm.
• As stems and roots mature,lenticel development continues in the new bark or root.

How they are useful to trees?

• It functions as a pore,providing medium for the direct exchange of gases between the internal tissues and atmosphere.