Plum or Roma tomatoes have two locules.

李子形茄（即茄）有两子房室。

Any tomato can grow an extra locule.

任何茄都可能会长出额外的子房室。

Most tomatoes have about four or five locules; other kinds of the fruit, like cherry tomatoes, contain two or three.

大多数西红柿大约有四到五子房室；其他种类的水果，如樱桃茄，有两到三子房室。

Temperatures over 32 degrees Celsius during the day and 27 overnight can lead the tomato to form an extra locule.

白天气温超32度，夜间气温超27度，会导致茄形成额外的子房室。

The likelihood of one of your tomatoes developing a locule oddity is estimated to be about one in a thousand, McDermott said.

麦克德莫特说，据估计，茄子房室畸形的可能性约为千分之一。

If you have ever cut open a tomato, you know they are divided into internal parts, called locules, which contain seeds and a substance called gel.

如果你曾经切开茄，你就会知道它们被分成内部部分，称为子房室，里面含有种子和一种叫做胶体的物质。