racemose, bisexual, 3–7 cm long, erect, male flowers distal, female flowers basal
Peduncle
1-3 cm
Bracts
bright green, elliptic, 9 x 3 mm, margin entire, caducous
Pedicels
Male pedicels c. 1 cm long, glabrous; female pedicels 5–10 mm long, green, glabrous
Bracteoles
Male Flower Type
Male Flower Size
Male Tepals
2, broadly elliptic, 8–10 x 6–9 mm, margin entire, glabrous
Male Flower Colour
White to Pink
Androecium
c. 0.4 mm long, stamens c. 45 in
number, filaments 1–1.5 mm long, fused at the base, anther pale yellow c. 1 mm long,
obovoid, dehiscing through unilateral slits c. ⅓ as long as anther
Female Flower Size
Female Tepals
2, obovate, base subcordate,
apex obtuse to rounded, equal, glabrous, c. 12 x 10mm
Female Flower Colour
White
Gynoecium
ovary pale green to reddish
brown, subglobose to ovoid, 8–15 x 8–13 mm (wings included)
Placentation
locules 3, placentation axillary, placental branches 2 per locule; styles 3, yellow, c. 6 mm long, free to the base, bifurcating with
pale yellow stigma
Ovary Wings
3, unequal, rounded at the apex, 3–5 mm wide
Fruit Type
ovoid capsule; pedicel 15 mm long, capsule ellipsoid, 8–20 x 5–9 mm (excluding wings), dehiscent, splitting between the locules and wings, glabrous, wing shape as for ovary, wings 8–10 mm wide at the widest point
