Country children would suck the very sweet nectar from the flower clusters of some species.
Once the flower clusters form, they should be removed so the plant will continue its vegetative growth.
The top of the plant is occupied by flower clusters which sometimes appear as though arranged in horizontal layers.
After flowering, narrow seedpods appear just below the flower cluster.
They feed for seven to ten days and pupate in the flower clusters.
Its compact flower clusters are solitary at the ends of branches.
Each branch ends in a flower cluster and stops right there.
The indeterminate plants have three leaf stems and a flower cluster.
The flower cluster is more rounded than in the related species M. beccarii.
They have been reported attacking the flower cluster and shoots of their host plant.