Phloem

Real World Example

Imagine trying to get groceries from your local store to your kitchen without a car or public transport. Just like how you rely on certain systems to move your groceries efficiently from the store to your home, plants rely on phloem to transport nutrients from the leaves where they’re produced to other parts of the plant that need them. In this analogy, your groceries are like the sugars and nutrients, the store is the plant's leaves where food is produced, your home is the rest of the plant that needs these nutrients, and the car or public transport is the phloem that ensures this food reaches its destination efficiently.