Compare: Chloroplast, Chromoplasts and leucoplasts.
Chloroplasts | Chromoplasts | Leucoplasts |
It is green plastid. | It is coloured plastid. | It is colourless plastid. |
It contains grana. | It lacks grana. | It lacks grana. |
It bears chlorophyll pigment. | It bears carotenoids (carotene and xanthophyll) pigments. | It lacks pigments. |
It is involved in synthesis of food. | It is involved in synthesis of phospholipids | It is involved in storage of food materials |
It is found in green parts of plants such as leaves, unripe fruit, young stems | It is found... |