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Name the plastid which stores starch oils and protein granules.

Leucoplasts are the plastids that stores starch oil and protein granules within them.


The key-features of leucoplasts are:


• They are found in plants.


• Are non-pigmented unlike cholorplasts (which are green in colour)


• Are located in non-photosynthetic tissues of plants, such as roots, bulbs, and seeds.


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