Write a note on sclerenchyma tissue.

(N/A) $\rightarrow$ Sclerenchyma consists of long, narrow cells with thick and lignified cell walls having a few or numerous pits.
$\rightarrow$ They are usually dead and without protoplasts.
$\rightarrow$ Due to the deposition of lignin, the cell wall is strong, hard, and impermeable to water.
$\rightarrow$ Cells do not have intercellular spaces.