Question : What briefly about laticiferous tissues.

1.	Question : What briefly about laticiferous tissues.
Answer» Solution :Laciceferous of Laticiferous tissues of Laticifers. It isconcerned with secretion of latexor an emulsion or oils, alkaloids, RESINS, proteins and sugar. It consists of thin walled, ELONGATED BRANCHED ducts. The laticifers are of two types (a) Latex vessels (b) Latex cells. These occur irregularly distributed in the mass of parenchymatous cells. (a) Latex cells are called simple laticifers or non-articulated laticifers which many be unbranched or may be branched profusely bu do not fuse together to form a network quite common in the members of families Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, EUPHORBIACEAE and Moraceae (e.g. milkweed, Euphorbia, Ficus etc.) (b) Latex vessels ( Articulated laticifers) are formed by union of latex cells ( hence called compound Laticifers also), are quite common in family Papaveraceae ( poppy family), Caricaceae ( papaya family), Compositae, Musaceae ( BANANA family)

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