In some cases, the placentas intrude to the central axis and fuse to produce multiple locules and axile placentation. Sicyos sp., a'nunu. Several species of this genus are native to Hawaii. This photo shows a female inflorescence in the lower left. The tightly clustered inferior ovaries develop into a multiple fruit.
Yellow stamens are visible in a couple of the open male flowers on the right.
Sicyos pachycarpus , kupala. Sicyos hispidus , a'nunu. Trichosanthes cucumerina , snake gourd. Telfairia pedata . Lagenaria siceraria , bottle gourd, ipu.