Page 3 - Lesson Notes
P. 3
– upward direction)
It consists of tracheids, vessel It consists sieve tubes, companion cells,
elements, xylem parenchyma, and phloem fibres and phloem parenchyma.
xylem fibres.
Transports soluble mineral Transports food and other nutrients
nutrients and water molecules from the including sugar and amino acids from
roots to the aerial parts of the plant. leaves to storage organs and growing
parts of the plant.