23 July 1995 Only the most hardy elements of the Navasota Flora are reproductively active during the 'high summer' period. Typical of its family, C. capitatus is monoecious with staminate flowers positioned above the pistillate flowers on the inflorescence . Pistillate flowers, at this time of year, mature to form a triloculate capsule with one seed per locule.
Dehiscence leaves a central structure surounded by the uniseriate perianth.
This fruit type, characteristic of the subfamily Prunoideae features differentiation of the pericarp into three tissue types. The latter, functioning like the elaiosome of Croton capitatus attracts dispersal vectors. However, since these are usually not ants, the innermost layer of pericarp differentation, the endocarp provides a hard, lignified protective covering for the seed.