What is thalamus?

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Thalamus: 

1. The upper, swollen, condensed, knob-like part of the pedicel is called thalamus. It is also called receptacle or torus. 

2. In a typical flower, the thalamus consists of four compactly arranged nodes and three highly condensed intemodes. 

3. From each node of thalamus, whorl of modified leaves is produced.

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