The
gametocytes are sexually dimorphic with the
macrogametocytes being of the 'falciparum' type and the
microgametocyte of the 'malariae' type. The
schizonts develop in the lumen of the
liver blood vessels inside a greatly hypertrophied host cell. They remain moderate in size and their cytoplasm is not intensely basophilic as is usually in the young stages of other mammalian
Haemosporidia. == Hosts ==