Question

What is the difference between parenchyma and collenchyma?

Answer 1

Parenchyma	Collenchyma
It consists of thin-walled living cells.	In collenchyma, cells are thickened at a localised regions.
It is distributed in almost all the parts of the plant.	It is mostly present in the aerial parts of the plant.
They are involved in food storage.	They are the chief mechanical tissue in young plants, particularly dicot stems.