loculicidale
Loculidale, or loculicidal dehiscence, is a mode of fruit dehiscence seen in some dry capsule fruits of flowering plants. In this pattern, the capsule opens along the walls of its locules—the compartments formed within the ovary—so that seeds are released as the locule walls peel away. The rupture typically follows a longitudinal suture and may originate at the apex or along the locule, leaving parts of the outer fruit wall intact.
Loculicidal dehiscence is contrasted with septicidal dehiscence, in which the capsule splits along the septa between
This dehiscence pattern is an important character in fruit morphology and plant taxonomy, helping to distinguish