The carpellate flowers have been interpreted differently.
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It is dioecious, i . e . with staminate and carpellate flowers on separate plants.
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Carpellate flowers are roughly 3 to 4 mm in diameter, with 7 or 8 tepals.
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Ovary 4 or 5 (-8 or more ) carpellate; styles free or rarely connate at base.
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The flower has a syncarpous gynoecium ( fused-carpellate ovary ) with 5 carpels and has parietal placentation.
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Plants have either bisexual flowers or both staminate ( " male " ) and carpellate ( " female " ) flowers.
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Flowers may appear in early March to late May in rotund-ovate, three carpellate subsessile fruits 5 to 8 mm long.
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On either side of the solitary carpellate flower there are two branches each with five or six staminate ( " male " ) flowers arranged at 1 3 mm intervals.
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They have separate " male " ( staminate ) and " female " ( carpellate ) flowers, mostly on the same plant ( i . e . they are mostly monoecious ).
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Structurally, the flowers may be bisexual, consisting of two stamens and an ovary, or may be male ( staminate ), lacking a functional ovary, or female ( carpellate ), lacking functional stamens.
