Plant Kingdom Question 98

Question: Wood of Cycas is [RPMT 1985; APMEE 1996; Wardha 2002; DPMT 2004]

Options:

A) Monoxylic and manoxylic

B) Manoxylic and polyxylic

C) Diploxylic

D) Monoxylic

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Monoxylic and Polyxylic: The wood is loose, soft, nonporous commercially useless, parenchymatous tissue more, vascular tissue less pith and cortex broad, medullary rays wide e.g., cycas wood.