2158.000 Sarcophyte Sparrm.

Dioecious reddish parasites. Leaves scale-like, many, spirally arranged. Inflorescence much-branched bearing unisexual flowers. Male plants: inflorescence branches bearing flowers in groups of 2-3 on short secondary brances; male flowers 3(-4)-merous. Female plants: inflorescence branches with 5-12 subglobular spadix-like clusters of ± 200 flowers sunk in a common receptacle; style 0. Fruit a syncarp with individual fruits forming a spherical false berry.