racemose, protogynous, bisexual; male inflorescence monochasial at base, sympodial at apex, peduncle 1.5–2.5 cm long, erect, paniculate; female inflorescence a simple dichasium with a pair of flowers, peduncle 2.5–3 cm long
Peduncle
see inflorescence
Bracts
bright green, narrowly elliptic, c. 15 Å~ 5 mm, persistent
Pedicels
Male pedicels 2–2.5 cm long, white to pinkish, glabrous; female pedicels green, puberulent, 5–8 mm long
Bracteoles
Male Flower Type
Male Flower Size
Male Tepals
2, suborbicular to broadly ovate; 12 x 9–10 mm, margin entire, apex rounded, glabrous
Male Flower Colour
White to Pink
Androecium
c. 5 mm long, stamens c. 34 in number, filaments 1–1.5 mm long, fused at the base, anthers
pale yellow 1.5–2 mm long, obovoid, dehiscing through unilateral slits c. ó as long
as anther
Female Flower Size
Female Tepals
5, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, glabrous, 12–13 x 6–8 mm;
Female Flower Colour
White
Gynoecium
ovary pale green, triangular
in outline, 10 x 4 mm (wings included)
Placentation
styles 3, yellow, 4–5 mm long
Ovary Wings
3, subequal, rounded at the apex, the widest point 5 mm wide
Fruit Type
with pedicel c.15 mm, capsule c. 2 x 1.5 cm (excluding wings), dehiscent, splitting between the locules and wings
