(i) You can very easily bend the stem of a plant without breaking it. Name the tissue in the plant, which makes it possible. Where is it located? State any two characteristics of the cells of this tissue.
(ii) Draw a labeled diagram of the transverse section of this tissue.
(i) Collenchyma is the tissue which makes the bending of stem possible without breaking it.
Location of the collenchymas- It is present in the leaf stalks below the epidermis.
Following are the two characteristics of the collenchyma tissue:
● Cells of collenchyma tissue are living in nature, elongated and they have irregular thickening at the corners.
● Cells of collenchymas tissue have very less intercellular spaces in between them.
(ii) Following is the diagram of transverse section of collenchymas tissue:
