FEATURES
- Made up of living cells
- Shape- Elongated
- Intercellular spaces are absent
- Cell wall is thin and cellulosic having irregular thickenings of cellulose and pectin at corners
- Large and central vacuole is present
- Nucleus is present and peripherally located
- Present only in aerial parts of Dicots.
FUNCTIONS
- Collenchyma is also called living mechanical tissue
- Provides flexibility to plant parts
- Photosynthesis (if chloroplast present)