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Avocado flower ‘petals’ are comprised of 2 whorls, each of three similar-sized petal-like structures called tepals. No one can decide if avocado ‘petals’ are actually sepals or really sepal-like petals – thus the compromise name ‘tepal’. According to a University of California avocado expert, in some small-fruited species in the genus Persea the subtending tepal …

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