22. What is phellogen? What
is its function?

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Phellogen, also known as cambium,
is the meristematic tissue
responsible for the of the
periderm (the of the stem,
shoots roots). The inner side the
phellogen layer forms phelloderm
and its outer forms the cork
(suber). suber secretes suberin, an
substance that
impregnates the .