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Male cone

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Male cone

Tōtara has separate male and female trees. Male cones are like catkins, about 2 centimetres long. They release pollen in early summer.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Tōtara group, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12659/male-cone (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.