the female cones are single or up to six. they are barrel-shaped, 25 to 30 cm long and 15 to 20 cm in diameter. the color of the pin is yellow, but it is covered with yellow gray to brown wool. the stem is short, so that the pin appears sitting. the sporophylls are 4.5 to 5 cm long. the side of the sporophyll lying on the journal surface is flat, 25 mm high, 45 to 50 mm wide, almost smooth under the wool with the exception of one skirt. the sarcotesta of the seed is pale yellow to pale yellow-orange to maturity. the sclerotesta is long-ovate to approximately spherical, slightly flattened, 24 to 33 mm long, 16 to 20 mm in diameter, medium brown, with 10 to 13 flat, but distinct longitudinal furrows.