Gnetum male cone

Classification:
Class: Gnetopsida
Order: Gnetales
Family: Gnetaceae
Genus: Gnetum
Scientific Name: Gnetum gnemon
Common Name: Gnetum, joint fir, two leaf, melinjo, belinjo, bago, and tulip.
Characteristics:
The axis of this cone elongates and has nodes and internodes.
Many modified leaves or scales are arranged in whorl manner at the nodal
region.
A cup like collar structure is developed when the basal parts of the modified
leaves orscales are fused.
Ten to twenty collars are found in one cone and each collar bears 3 to 6 rings of
male flowers.
Source
B.Sc. First Year Botany (Prof. Y. Narasing Rao Varma,
Prof. S. Ram Reddy, Prof. H. Ramakrishna, Prof. B.
Rajkumar, Prof. K. Satya Prasad, Dr. T. Aravinda)