While monocots lack the ability to produce a vascular cambium or woody growth, some monocot lineages evolved a novel lateral meristem, the monocot cambium, which supports secondary radial growth of stems.

Is cambium absent in monocot?

The vascular cambium is absent in monocots.

Why is cambium absent in monocots?

Cambium is absent in most of the monocots as they lack secondary growth . Unlike dicots the vascular bundles in monocots are scattered and they have an atactostele. Each vascular bundle has xylem arranged in the form of Y.