Question

While eating peach or pear it is usually seen that some stone-like structures get entangled in the teeth. What are these stone-like structures called?

Answer 1

Sclerenchyma tissue

• Sclerenchyma tissue is made up of either elongated cells called fibres or isodiametric spherical cells having lignified walls called sclereids.
• It is a dead tissue.
• It is present in the pulp of fruits such as pear, apple, sapota, guava, hard outer covering of nuts, leaves of tea, seed coat of legumes.

Stone cells

• Stone-like cells of pear or peach are sclereids which constitute the sclerenchyma tissue.

Final answer: Sclereids.