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Chloroplast
This is the organelle in which photosynthesis takes place. It is an oval shaped double membrane bound organelle.
Internally, it is made up of membranes called lamellae suspended in a ?uid filled matrix called stroma.
Lamellae forms stacks at intervals called grana (singular-granum). Chlorophyll molecules are contained in the grana.
Within the stroma. fat droplets, lipid droplets and starch grains are found.
The strona contains enzymes and forms the site Where light independent reactions take place.
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