Growth in Plants

Growth in Animals

Plant growth is indeterminate, i.e., cells can divide and enlarge continuously for life time. 

Growth is open due to presence of meristematic  cells which keep dividing, i.e., growing and replacing new organs. 

Structure in plants at tips or meristematic zones is never complete, owing to open ended tips or apices.

 Plant growth is in a modular fashion, i.e., grows longitudinally, laterally and in grith.

Animal growth is determinate i.e.,  till finite period, they mature and stop growing externally.

Cell division is distributed through-out  the body of organism to replace old and damaged cells, rather localised at specific regions.

After a specific time period i.e., embryonic, the growth rate is reduced in juvenile phase and ceases in maturity.