Botany - Anatomy of Flowering Plants Question with Solution | TestHub

The sclereids are spherical, oval or cylindrical, highly thickened dead sclerenchyma cells with very narrow cavities (lumen). These are commonly found in the fruit walls of nuts; pulp of fruits like guava, pear and sapota; seed coats of legumes and leaves of tea. Sclerenchyma provides mechanical support to organs. These may be of different types, such as brachysclereids (stone cells) found in grit of pear, apple, macrosclereids (columnar),eg,legume seeds, astrosclereids (star shaped),eg,tea leaves etc.