CELL TYPE
CYTOPLASMIC FEATURES
CELL WALL FEATURES
3-D GEOMETRY
Sclereid
Typically no cytoplasm at maturity
Uniformly thick, lignified secondary cell wall with simple or ramiform pits
Subcategories based on 3-D Geometry
Name
Shape
Brachysclereid
Isodiametric
Macrosclereid
Columnar
Osteosclereid
Columnar with enlarged ends
Astrosclereid
Stellate
Trichosclereid
Elongate and branched
Filiform sclereid
Very elongate and unbranched