terminal and axillary, sub-corymb, monoecious to 6 cm., sub-pendulous, terminally 1 - 5 flowers
Peduncle
2.7-4 cm. long, secondary 0.5-1 cm. long
Bracts
Lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate 5-10 x 1.7-5 mm., thickly papery, glabrous, acuminate apex
Pedicels
Staminate 10-15 mm. long; Pistillate 11-20 mm. long
Bracteoles
Male Flower Type
Male Flower Size
Male Tepals
4, two outer broadly ovate, 15-17 x 12-14 mm., glabrous, apex rounded, tinted pink; two inner spathulate, 11-14 x 6-8 mm., glabrous, apex obtuse to rounded.
Male Flower Colour
White
Androecium
60-80 stamens, filaments free, 0.5-1.2 mm. long, sub-equal, fused at base into a column, anthers broadly lorate, 0.8-1.1 mm. long, apex emarginate.
Female Flower Size
Female Tepals
5, unequal, glabrous, outer 4 larger, broadly ovate, outmost two tinted pink, 12-14 x 9-12 mm., apex rounded, other two slightly larger, 13-15 x 10-12 mm., apex obtuse to rounded, inner one smallest and spathulate, 8-10 x 7-5 mm., apex rounded.
Female Flower Colour
White
Gynoecium
Cylindroid ovary, glabrous
Placentation
2 locules, axile, bilamellate, two styles, fused at base, stigmas 2 cleft, spiralled.
Ovary Wings
larger wing oblong, apex truncate
Fruit Type
Cylindroid capsule 5-8 x 1.5-2.5 mm., sub-pendulous, 3 wings, upper larger, oblong 7-9 mm. broad, apex truncate, lateral two less developed, 2-3 mm. broad.
