Anatomy of Flowering Plants(NCERT)
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All the following statements regarding sieve tube elements are true except.
1 Their end walls have perforated sieve plates which become impregnated with lignin at maturity.
2 Distinct protein aceous inclusions, the p-proteins are seen evenly distributed throughout the lumen.
3 They possess peripheral cytoplasm as well as large vacuole.
4 Long, slender, tube-like structures arranged in longitudinal series.
5 They are devoid of nucleus maturity.