Placenta flabellate

• Title

  Placenta flabellate

• Definition

  A type of placenta in which the ovules are inserted on placenta tissue that fans outward from the lower septum as viewed in medial longitudinal section.

• Notes

  This type of placenta is only found in the Neotropics in Gustavia.

• Related Terms

  Placenta (pl. = placentae)

  Placenta incipient

  Placenta laminar

  Placenta columnar

  Placenta arched

  Placenta oblique

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