Describe the functions of - Meristem, Xylem, and phloem (AS 1)

Phloem:

It transports food material from leaves to growing parts of plants. Pholem consists of sieve tubes, sieve cells, companion cells , phloem fibres, phloem parenchyma. Sieve tubes, sieve cells, companion cells and phloem parenchyma are living. The sap is a water-based solution, but rich in sugars made by photosynthesis. These sugars are transported to non-photosynthetic parts of the plant, such as the roots, or into storage structures. During the plant's growth period, usually during the spring, storage organs such as the roots are sugar sources, and the plant's many growing areas are sugar sinks. The movement in phloem is multidirectional. After the growth period the leaves are sources, and storage organs are sinks. Developing seed-bearing organs (such as fruit) are always sinks. Because of this multi-directional flow, coupled with the fact that sap cannot move with ease between adjacent sieve-tubes, it is not unusual for sap in adjacent sieve-tubes to be flowing in opposite directions.