Sclerenchyma cells are characterised by:

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C. Thick lignified walls and dead at maturity

SCLERENCHYMA = thick LIGNIFIED secondary walls; DEAD at maturity.
Provides rigid mechanical support (fibres in jute, coconut husk; sclereids in pear).
Parenchyma is alive, thin-walled; collenchyma has corner thickening.

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Thin walls and being alive at maturity

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Corner-thickened walls and elastic flexibility

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Cellulose-only walls and large central vacuoles

Sclerenchyma cells are characterised by:

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