0 the female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of one carpel or a group of carpels joined together --
1 the female part of a flower, consisting of one or more of the organs that produce seeds --
The inflorescence bears flowers with pink petals just over a centimeter long and a protruding pistil.
They have 4 petals, 8 stamens, and 1 pistil, which are mostly pollinated by bees and other insects.
A bunch of stamens and one long pistil protrude obviously from the mouth of the bloom, which is pollinated by nectar-feeding birds.
The pistils have superior ovaries and five stigmas protruding from the central column in the flower.
There are usually 3-4 stigmas attached to a single pistil per flower, which is 1 or 3-4 carpellate.
The pistil is ovary superior, ovoid, and five-celled; the style is columnar; the stigma is simple; the disk is ten-toothed, and ovules are many.
Leaf length, petal length and width, pistil length and fruit size were measured by an electronic calliper.
Column heights indicate a mean of 3-5 pistils and error bars represent the upper half of 95% confidence intervals.
