|  | 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. | 
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