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Scott Zona, Ph.D.
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Personal acct. Botanist. #TropicalBotany. 🌴 Author of "A Gardener's Guide to Botany.” Henry's 2nd favorite dad 🐶. IG: Scott.Zona. Weaning myself from X. Posting from North Carolina, USA.
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This photo of tomato fruit shows a fruit with three carpels forming three locules (chambers). A large, intruding placenta (with its seeds) is clearly visible in each locule. This is axile placentation. #placentation#Solanaceae#Botany#PlantScience 🌾🧪

Photo of a tomato cut in cross-section and back-lit. The tomato has three locules. Three massive placentae are attached in the axillary position of the three septa. The seeds are visible attached to the placentae.
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Scott Zona, Ph.D.
@scottzona.bsky.social
Personal acct. Botanist. #TropicalBotany. 🌴 Author of "A Gardener's Guide to Botany.” Henry's 2nd favorite dad 🐶. IG: Scott.Zona. Weaning myself from X. Posting from North Carolina, USA.
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