Which tissue is responsible for the flexibility in plants?

Option 4 : Collenchyma

The Correct Answer is Collenchyma.

• Flexibility in plants is due to Collenchyma.
• Collenchyma is the tissue present in the leaf stalks below the epidermis.
• It has thickening at the corner of the cells.
• The cells appear polygonal and show angular thickenings.
• This type of collenchyma is called collenchyma with annular thickenings.
• It provides more flexibility than lamellar collenchyma. 
• It consists of living cells and is characterized by the presence of cellulose.
• It is a mechanical tissue in young dicotyledonous stems and provides mechanical support and elasticity.
• It provides great tensile strength with flexibility to those organs in which it is found.
• It allows easy bending in various parts of a plant mainly young growing stem without breaking them.

• Sclerenchyma:
  • It is a simple permanent plant tissue.
  • It provides mechanical stiffness and strength to the plants.
  • It is composed of dead cells i.e non-living cells.

• Parenchyma: 
  • These are living polygonal cells with a big central vacuole & intercellular spaces amidst them.
  • Parenchymatous cells are responsible to create ground pith & tissue.
  • Parenchyma contains chlorophyll and performs photosynthesis, and then it is called chlorenchyma.