terminal, up to 22 cm in total length,
a raceme of cymes, glabrous, with 2–4 female flowers at the base, up to c. 50 male flowers distally, protogynous
Peduncle
3–7 cm long
Bracts
deciduous, elliptic, glabrous, entire, c. 7 × 5 mm, apex rounded
Pedicels
Males c. 5 mm long, glabrous; Females pedicel 2–5 mm long, glabrous
Bracteoles
Male Flower Type
Single
Male Flower Size
Male Tepals
4, pale pink, outer 2 tepals orbicular,
c. 7 × 6 mm, glabrous or minutely puberulent adaxially, inner 2 elliptic obovate, c. 5 × 3 mm
Male Flower Colour
Androecium
pale yellow, symmetric, globose, stamens c. 35, filaments subequal, c. 0.5 mm long, arranged on a short
0.5 mm long column, anthers oblong, c. 0.5 mm, apex retuse, hooded, dehiscing through slits about half
the length of the anther, slits placed laterally
Female Flower Size
Female Tepals
5, pale pink, outer 2 ovate, c. 7 × 5 mm, inner 3 elliptic, smaller, c. 7 ×
4 mm
Female Flower Colour
Gynoecium
styles 3, yellow, c. 4 mm long, bifid, U-shaped, stigmatic band once spirally twisted
Placentation
placentae bifid; wings three, equal, 15 × 4 mm
Ovary Wings
green, glabrous, total size including wings 17 × 14
Fruit Type
capsule ellipsoid, 3-locular, placentae bifid; wings three, equal, 15 × 4 mm. Fruit usually
in pairs, on a stiff 5 mm long pedicel, total size 17 × 15 mm; apex truncate
