Plum or Roma tomatoes have two locules.

李子番茄（即罗马番茄）有两子房室。

Any tomato can grow an extra locule.

任何番茄都可能会长出外的子房室。

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，如樱桃番茄，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.

白天气温超过32摄氏度，夜间气温超过27摄氏度，会导致番茄外的子房室。

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，番茄子房室畸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.

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