Function of phloem

Answer 1

Unlike xylem (which is composed primarily of dead cells), the phloem is composed of still-living cells that transport sap. The sap is a water-based solution, but rich in sugars made by the photosynthetic areas. These sugars are transported to non-photosynthetic parts of the plant, such as the roots, or into storage structures, such as tubers or bulbs.

Answer 2

In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that carries organic nutrients (known as photosynthate), particularly sucrose, a sugar, to all parts of the plant where needed. In trees, the phloem is the innermost layer of the bark, hence the name, derived from the Greek word φλόος (phloos) "bark". The phloem is concerned mainly with the transport of soluble organic material made during photosynthesis. This is called translocation.

Answer 3

carries/transports nutrients throughout plant

Answer 4

The phloem in a plant helps brings nutrients to different parts of the plant. This is called translocation.

Answer 5

its a vessel that transports food to parts of the plant

It is actually translocation. It translocate food as sucrose

Answer 6

Phloem takes the plant food from the leaves and takes it to other parts of the plant

Answer 7

Phloem: tubes that usually move sap, with dissolved sucrose, produced by photosynthesis in the leaf, out of the leaf and to other parts of the plant.