Question
What is the difference between parenchyma and collenchyma?
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Parenchyma
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Collenchyma
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The tissue consists of thin-walled living cells.
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The tissue consists of cells having localised thickening in their cell walls.
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It is distributed in almost all the parts of the plant body.
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It occurs mostly in the aerial parts of the plants and is restricted to the other layers.
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The living cells of parenchyma assimilate and store food. They also store waste products.
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Collenchyma is the chief mechanical tissue in parts of a young plant particularly in the young dicotyledonous stems.
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