Question : Collenchymadiffers from sclerenchyma

1.	Question : Collenchymadiffers from sclerenchyma
Answer» Retaining protoplasm at maturity Having thick walls Having wide lumen Being meristematic Solution :The cells of collenchyma contain protoplasm and are LIVING WITHOUT intercellular SPACES. When sclerenchymaconsistof thick-walled DEAD cells . In the beginning the cells are living and have protoplasm but due to deposition of impermeable SECONDARY walls (lignin) they become dead, thick and hard.

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