mesophyll is located in leaves in a plant.
mesophyll is located in leaves in a plant.
where is the mesophyll located in a plant?
in leaves
in some plants such as cacti, chloroplasts are found in the stems, though in most plants, chloroplasts are concentrated in the leaves. one square millimeter of leaf tissue can contain half a million chloroplasts. within a leaf, chloroplasts are mainly found in the mesophyll layers of a leaf, and the guard cells of stomata. palisade mesophyll cells can contain 30–70 chloroplasts per cell, while stomatal guard cells contain only around 8–15 per cell, as well as much less chlorophyll. chloroplasts can also be found in the bundle sheath cells of a leaf, especially in c plants, which carry out the calvin cycle in their bundle sheath cells. they are often absent from the epidermis of a leaf.
chloroplast
in plants, it is part of the mesophyll, where it forms a layer next to the palisade cells in the leaf. the spongy mesophyll's function is to allow for the interchange of gases (co2) that are needed for photosynthesis. the spongy mesophyll cells are less likely to go through photosynthesis than those in the palisade mesophyll. it is also the name of a disorder of fruit ripening which can reduce the value of a fruit yield, especially in mango. in the alphonso mango variety, this problem is particularly common, giving soft, white, 'corky' tissue.
spongy tissue