axillary, total length
15–18 cm, cymose, branching 3–4 times, 12–15 flowered, bisexual, protandrous
Peduncle
13–16 cm
Bracts
caducous, sub-orbicular, 2–3 mm long, margin entire
Pedicels
Male red, c. 8 mm long, glabrous; Female c. 5 mm long
Bracteoles
Male Flower Type
Single
Male Flower Size
Male Tepals
4; outer tepals broad ovate to sub orbicular, fleshy, 6–7 × 5–6 mm, inner tepals elliptic, 4 × 2 mm, white
Male Flower Colour
Pale pink, glabrous, margin with a distinct rim
Androecium
pale yellow, globose; stamens c. 80; filaments,subequal, 0.5 mm long, fused at the base into a 0.5 mm long column; anther about as long as the filament, elliptic-obtriangular, 0.5 mm long, connective slightly
retuse, dehiscing through slits about half the length of the anther, slits placed laterally
Female Flower Size
Female Tepals
2–3; outer tepals 2, same as
male flower; inner tepal 0–1, same as male flower
Female Flower Colour
Gynoecium
ovary green, glabrous, 5 × 12 mm including the wings; 3 locular, placentae entire; wings triangular, c. 4 mm long; stigmas 3, shallowly Y-shaped, surface tightly twice
spirally twisted, greenish yellow
Placentation
3-locular, placentae entire
Ovary Wings
equal to subequal, 5 × 7 mm, apex obtuse
Fruit Type
recurved on a 8–12 mm long pedicel, capsule orbicular, 5–6 mm in diameter; total size 8 × 15 mm including the wings
