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What are Lenticels? 

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Lenticels are found on the bark of the trees. Lenticels have thin walled loosely arranged cells with intercellular spaces present for gaseous exchange. Thus, their function is same as of the stomata but their location differs. 

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Lenticels are aerating pores in the bark of woody plants for the exchange of gases. The lenticels appear on the surface of the bark as raised scars containing oval or rounded depressions. Lenticels are large sized aerating pores present in the cork tissue for gaseous exchange. Mainly they function to help in the exchange of gases
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A Lenticel is a porous tissue consisting of cells with large intercellular spaces in the periderm of the secondarily thickened organs and the bark of woody stems and roots of dicotyledonous flowering plants.'

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A lenticel is a porous tissue consisting of cells with large intercellular spaces in the periderm of the secondarily thickened organs and the bark of woody stems and roots of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... The shape of lenticels is one of the characteristics used for tree identification.
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