1. Cells are capable of division and are in proliferative zones.
2. The cells are alive, symmetrical and small.
3. Cells have a higher metabolic rate.
4. The cells are densely packed and have no intercellular spaces.
5. Separable tissue does not have a cell cavity.
6. Cells do not store food, secretions or waste products.
7. The cytoplasm of the cell is dense.
8. Cell nuclei are relatively large.
9. Their cell walls are thin and composed of cellulose.
10. Cells are small in size and equal in length and width.
11. Cells are oblong, oval, pentagonal or hexagonal.
12. Their plastids are in the pro-plastid state.
13. Cells of dividing tissue fill the wound by mitosis division.