- A
locule (pl.:
locules) or
loculus (Latin for 'little place'; pl.: loculi) is a
small cavity or
compartment within an
organ or part of an
organism (animal...
- two
locules, one
locule of a
stamen may fail to develop, or
alternatively the two
locules may
merge late in
development to give a
single locule. Extreme...
- on the
floral apex. The
chamber in
which the
ovules develop is
called a
locule (or
sometimes cell). The
style (from
Ancient Gr**** στῦλος, stylos, meaning...
- Lycium). The
number of
ovules per
locule also
varies from a few (two
pairs in each
locule in Grabowskia, one pair in each
locule in Lycium) and very occasionally...
-
Smooth Pedicels Short Long Ovum Two
regular rows in the
locule Four
irregular rows in the
locule Elbow of the
bract Tall (< 0.28)
Short (> 0.30) Bend of...
- (flowering plants), the term
locule (or cell) is used to
refer to a
chamber within the fruit.
Depending on the
number of
locules in the ovary,
fruit can be...
- inflated.
Fruits of
sedges are
sometimes considered achenes although their one-
locule ovary is a
compound ovary. The
fruit of the
family Asteraceae is also so...
- (plural cypselae).
Although there are two
fused carpels,
there is only one
locule, and only one seed per
fruit is formed. It may
sometimes be
winged or spiny...
- The
fruit contains locules,
hollow spaces full of seeds.
These vary
among cultivated varieties. Some
smaller varieties have two
locules; globe-shaped varieties...
-
covered by a hard,
thick rind with soft
flesh inside, and
seeds filling each
locule.
Melons are good
examples of this. Also
known as citruses, Hesperidiums...
