Leucoplast

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__Leucoplast __

** (amyloplasts, etaioplasts, or protienoplasts) **




 * Leucoplast are colorless plastids


 * They develop from proplastids and form no homogeneous group of their own.


 * Part of them can differentiate into chloroplast's or chromoplasts at light exposure


 * Guard cells contain leucoplasts


 * Because they lack pigments, leucoplasts aren't green.


 * Their located in the root, petals and non-photosynthetic tissues of plants.


 * They can specialize in the storage of lipids starches, and protein.


 * Leucoplast are smaller then chloroplasts and can morph into many different shapes