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Leaf
Flower
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ID
17813
Flowering Season
Autumn-winter
Flower Quantity
Flower Fragrance
Inflorescence
Axillary cymose
Peduncle
13 - 17 cm
Bracts
widely ovate to ovate, bracteoles absent
Pedicels
Bracteoles
Male Flower Type
Single
Male Flower Size
Medium
Male Tepals
4, outer ovate, inner elliptic smaller
Male Flower Colour
White, pink or red
Androecium
Numerous yellow stamens, oblong anthers, longitudinal lateral slits, connectives slightly protruding
Female Flower Size
Medium
Female Tepals
5, subequal, oblong to oblong-ovate
Female Flower Colour
White
Gynoecium
Ovary glabrous, 2 styles once forked, u shaped stigmas spiraled in a band, axile, 2 placentas
Placentation
axillary
Ovary Wings
Fruit Type
Nodding capsules, 3 unequal wings, dehiscing near the back of the loculus and near the septa