Tepal
A tepal is a floral part of plants in the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae. It corresponds to the sepals and petals in the flowers of other plants, but unlike these, all tepals are of the same form, not being differentiated into the small, protective, not insect-attractive sepals that act as a protection for the developing petals, and the larger, insect-attracting petals.
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