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Male and female kauri cones

Image of a male and of a female kauri cone beside each other.

A kauri tree has both male and female cones. The male cone (top) produces pollen and the female (bottom) produces seeds. Kauri is a gymnosperm. Gymnosperms make their seeds inside of cones.

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