(1) Hermaphroditic flowers develop from leaf axils and have eight stamens (with pollen connected by viscin threads), and a cross-shaped stigma.(2) In the leaf axils of most dicotyledonous trees well-developed buds are present.(3) Panicles develop in the axils of leaves on the previous year's growth.(4) There are two or three flowers in the axils of the upper leaves.(5) The flat, star-shaped flowers are 1-cm across, range in color from maroon in the sun to pale beige in the shade, and are displayed in loose cymes in the leaf axils .
