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May 27, 2022 - 08:43 AM
The only way to really tell is with a flowering plant and a good eye (or a good pair of glasses). Female plants will produce flowers that have a large stigma. The stigma is the portion of the flower that collects pollen from a pollinator. In Euphorbia obesa, this stigma has three lobes and, of coarse, no stamen. The picture below may explain better than these words.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/12004/UserFiles/Answers202205/questionImage-1-27023203.jpg)
The male flower, in contrast, contains many stamen. These stamen appear like long branches that have two orbs at their tips. These produce pollen to be picked up by a pollinator. Male flowers produce many of these stamen. The picture below is of male flowers that aren't quite open but they're open enough to see some of the stamen.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/12004/UserFiles/Answers202205/questionImage-1-27023503.jpg)
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/12004/UserFiles/Answers202205/questionImage-1-27023203.jpg)
The male flower, in contrast, contains many stamen. These stamen appear like long branches that have two orbs at their tips. These produce pollen to be picked up by a pollinator. Male flowers produce many of these stamen. The picture below is of male flowers that aren't quite open but they're open enough to see some of the stamen.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/12004/UserFiles/Answers202205/questionImage-1-27023503.jpg)
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