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Eupiper

  Spikes      :Solitary. Fruits forming loosely interrupted spikes usually larger than in the case of Chavica; stigmas sessile. Bracts and bracteoles either wholly adnate to the rachis or with raised membranous margins. Bracts of the female spike forming (when dry) a short hemispheric cup under the ovary, margins not or very slightly raised; bracteoles forming a semilunar ridge above the ovary.
  Flowers    :Dioecious, frarely polygamous.
  Fruits        :Sessile.