List any six characteristics of parenchyma tissue.

Parenchyma is a type of simple permanent tissue which has basic origin structure and function. Parenchyma are the most commonly found cells in plants & they are present all over the plant body.

Their characteristics as follows-

• They are living tissues

• They may have different shapes like spherical, oval, rectangular, polygonal, etc.

• They form packing tissue, and their cell walls are thin

• They are found in muscular tissues.

• These cells also store the food material.

• Young parenchymatous cells are freely bounded.

The diagram of parenchyma is given below: