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Fig. 9.3.
Leaf,
fl
ower and fruit of
Litchi chinensis
. (a) male
fl
ower with reduced pistil
and six stamens, and (b) 'hermaphrodite'
fl
ower, which functions as a female with a
well-developed pistil (two carpels and a bilobed stigma and six to eight stamens that
do not dehisce (sterile)). From Nakasone and Paull (1998).
based on the chronological order of development. Type I is morphologically
and functionally a male (Fig. 9.3), possessing six to eight stamens producing
an abundance of pollen and lacking ovule dif erentiation. Type II fl ower is
morphologically a hermaphrodite functioning mostly as female, with a well-
