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Description:
Pistillate inflorescence monosyncarpic, syncarp globose,
subglobose, obovoid or tubuliform. Drupes bilocular,
endocarp not extending between the seed locules but
replaced by the mesocarp extending from the apex to the
base. Stigmas two, semi-orbicular, slightly convex at
border, close and opposite, forming a cross at the apex of
the pileus. Staminodia present at the base of each drupe,
each comprising a filament and an anther with four sterile pollen sacs. Staminate inflorescence racemose, with one to many long, dense spike(s) covered by bracts, their
axis bearing the staminal columns. Stamens numerous,
arranged at the apex of a fused staminal column around
a central pistillode, staminal column bearing at its apex
(or/and sides) non-vascularized appendages external to
stamens. Anthers retuse or mucronate, without endothecial thickenings in the lateral
parts of the connective and the proximal part of the
anther walls. Pollen grains reniform to obovoid, with an
imperfect tectum and a variable aperture along the longer
axis of the grain; exine three-layered.
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