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The movement of substances in the phloem can be in any direction .

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Phloem transports food from the source to sink. The source is part in which plant synthesize food, sink.is the part that needs or stores food. Since the source-sink relationship is variable, the direction of movement in the Phloem can be upwards or downwards. i.e., bidirectional.
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