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Explain the types of complex permanent tissues.

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Name of tissueXylemPhloem
CharacteristicsConsists of thickwalled dead cellsConsists of cytoplasm containing living cells.
Types of cellsTracheids, vessels and xylem fibres – dead cells. Xylem parenchyma – living cells.Sieve tubes, companion cells, phloem parenchyma – living cells. Phloem fibres – dead cells.
FunctionA structure like interconnected tubes, conduct water and minerals only in upward direction.Tubes joined to each other, conduct sugar and amino acids from leaves to various parts in upward and downward direction



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