The grittiness of pulp of the wood apple is due to

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Macrosclereids

Brachysclereids

Osteosclereids

Astrosclereids

answer is C.

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Concept: Sclereids may happen independently or in bunches. They give firmness to the portion in which they happen. The critical sorts of sclereids are stone cells or brachysclereids, macrosclereids, osteosclereids, astrosclereids, filiform sclereids and trichosclereids. Brachysclereids are unbranched, brief and isodiametric with ramiform (branched) pits and are dependable for grittiness of guava, sapota, apple and pea. Osteosclereids is one of the sclereids forming the hypodermal layer in many fruits and seeds and takes place also in the leaves of certain xerophytes.
Therefore the grittiness of the pulp of the wood apple is due to Osteosclereids.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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