The seed cones, 2.5-4 cm long, are red-purple when young but become dark brown with age.
The fleshy part of the seed cone is edible, used in condiments.
Female plants produce seed cones which are slightly larger and contain two seeds each.
These circle about the central seed cone, whose color changes from green to dark brown as the seeds mature.
The female trees have seed cones which form something resembling a berry.
A single tree produces both male and female seed cones.
Female trees have 1 or 2 seed cones, which are ovoid and 18-20 cm long.
The seed cones are borne together in groups of 3 to 6.
The trees grew back real fast, because there were plenty of seed cones in the muck that covered the area after the water ran off.
The reason for this disease attacking older trees is due to the diseases growth from old, dying or dead seed cones.
