# Axile

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/axile
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on the axis; e.g. in [axile](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/axile "on the axis; e.g. in axile placentation where the placentas are on the central axis of the ovary.") [placentation](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/placentation "the arrangement of the placentas and of the ovules thereon.") where the placentas are on the central axis of the [ovary](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovary "the basal portion of a carpel or group of fused carpels in which one or more ovules are enclosed, and which after fertilization develops into the fruit.").

- [Placentation](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/placentation "Placentation types: disposition of placentas in the ovary.")