it is a dioecious species with male specimens that have 1 to 3 subcylindrical cones, about 30 cm long and 8–10 cm broad, pedunculated, yellowish in color, tomentose, and female specimens that have from 1 to 3 ovoid cones, about 28 long cm and with a diameter of 15 cm, more or less the same color as the male ones.