Cross Section Of Monocot And Dicot Leaf

In dicot leaf the vascular bundle is present centrally.

Cross section of monocot and dicot leaf. Here we ll be differentiating it between the stem of the monocot and dicot plant. An epidermal layer is present on the upper as well as lower surfaces. Upper surface of the leaf is dark green and the lower surface is light green.

Monocot and dicot leaf. The mesophyll tissue especially spongy parenchyma cells enclose a lot of air spaces. Dicot leaves have thick cuticle at the upper layer and thin cuticle at lower layer whereas monocot leaves have uniform cuticle on both the surfaces.

Anatomy of dicot leaf. The basis of comparison include. What is monocot plant.

The monocot is the plant that has only one cotyledon in the embryo whereas dicot is the plant that has two cotyledons in the embryo. The cross section on the left is from corn a monocot. Leaves stems roots and flowers.

It has collateral and closed vascular bundle encloses by both parenchymatous and sclerenchymatous bundle sheath. The cross section on the right is from a willow tree a dicot. A cross section of tradescantia monocot stalk showing scattered vascular bundles bundle sheath sclerenchyma and epidermis.

If mesophyll is not differentiated like this in a leaf i e made of only spongy or palisade parenchyma as in monocots it is called isobilateral. Leaf is the main place where photosynthesis occurs. Following tissues are visible in the transverse section of the material.