Alocule (pl.:locules) orloculus (Latin for 'little place';pl.:loculi) is a small cavity[1] or compartment within anorgan or part of anorganism (animal,plant, orfungus).
In angiosperms (flowering plants), the termlocule usually refers to a chamber within anovary (gynoecium orcarpel) of theflower andfruits. Depending on the number of locules in the ovary, fruits can be classified asunilocular (uni-locular),bilocular,trilocular, ormultilocular. The number of locules present in a gynoecium may be equal to or less than the number of carpels. The locules contain theovules orseeds.
The term may also refer to chambers withinanthers containingpollen.[2]
Inascomycetous fungi, locules are chambers within thehymenium in which theperithecia develop.[3]
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