compound cymes arising from top of rhizome, branched up to 4 times, bisexual, 35–40 cm
long, staminate flowers distal and pistillate flowers basal, protandrous;
Peduncle
20–36 cm long, terete, with glandular hairs, dark red, glossy.
Bracts
ovate, 3–8 × 2–4 mm, apex acute, margin entire, glandular hairy outside, pale green.
Pedicels
Male flower 10–12 mm long, erect or occasionally ascending, sparsely glandular hairy, dark red; Female flower 12–18 mm long, with glandular hairs, dark red;
Bracteoles
Male Flower Type
Single
Male Flower Size
Male Tepals
2, lanceolate, 14–16 × 6–10 mm, apex acuminate, outside surface with glandular hairs, inside surface glabrous, pink flush inside and outer part darker;
Male Flower Colour
Pink
Androecium
stamens c. 15, bright yellow, filaments clustered at the base, c. 2.5 mm, free 0.7–1 mm long, anthers oblong-elliptic, 0.8–1 mm long, dehiscing by longitudinal slits near the tip.
Female Flower Size
Female Tepals
4, Outer 2 lanceolate, 12–15 × 8–12 mm, margin entire, apex acuminate, outside surface sparsely glandular hairy; Inner 2 elliptic-lanceolate, 6–9 × 3–6 mm, margin entire, apex acuminate, glabrous, same colour as staminate flowers;
Female Flower Colour
Pink
Gynoecium
ovary lightly red or pink, with 3 locules, 2 branches per locule; styles 3, connate at the base into common stalk, dark yellow; stigmatic band U-shaped and minutely papillose;
Placentation
axillary
Ovary Wings
3 wings, abaxial one narrowly rectangular, lateral 2 small ridges;
Fruit Type
capsules, elliptic-oblong, 12–15 × 7–12 mm(including wings); locules subglobose, 3–4 × 3–4 mm, abaxial wing narrower, narrowly rectangular, curved along length of capsule, c. 14 mm long, 3.5–4 mm wide, 2 lateral wings
reduced to ridges, wide at base, glossy, with glandular hairs, pale red to pink, drying pale brown;
Seeds: numerous, elliptic-oblong, 0.3–0.4 × c. 0.1 mm, testa reticulate, brown.
