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Q. Collenchyma differs from sclerenchyma in

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Solution:

Collenchyma are living mechanical cells, they have non uniformly thick wall which is mainly made up of pectin. They retain protoplasm at maturity and if chloroplast is present they carry out photosynthesis.