Why in xerophytic plants, epidermis is covered with cutin?

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Xerophytes are the desert plants i.e.they grow in extreme heat conditions ....so there's a scarcity of water hence they need to store water without losing it in the process of transpiration...In order to reduce transpiration ,the epidermis of xerophytes are covered with thick cutile...
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Xerophytes are the desert plants i.e.they grow in extreme heat conditions ....so there's a scarcity of water hence they need to store water without losing it in the process of transpiration...In order to reduce transpiration ,the epidermis of xerophytes are covered with thick cutile... read less
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