Description:
1. Branchlet with male strobiles (a, b) at the base of a young shoot. - 2. Branchlet with female strobile (a) at the top of a young shoot, and developing one year old (immature) conelets (b, c) on the top of a branchlet of the previous year. - 3. Female strobiles (a, b) after pollination. - 4. Mature branchlet with conelet (a) on mature shoot and a ripe, closed cone (b) at the apical part of the previous year shoot. - 5. Seed scales: outer (abaxial, a), and inner (adaxial, b) side. - 6. Winged seed (a, b), a wing (c), and a seed of which the wing was removed (d - i). - 7. Seedling with cotyledons. After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001.