Some citron varieties have persistent styles which do not fall off after fecundation. When mated, females avoid the fecundation of some eggs to produce males. "Fecundation" is another term for fertilization. This species is a simultaneous hermaphrodite, so it can make cross fecundation. After fecundation, the female lays a single egg, out of which a small larva hatches. In botany, a peduncle is a stem supporting an inflorescence, or, after fecundation, an infructescence.