the flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on a hairy stalk long and are usually clustered near the ends of the branches. there are 5 green, egg-shaped, tapering sepals which are mostly long, glabrous on the outer surface but hairy on the inside. the petals are long and are joined at their lower end to form a tube. the petal tube is sometimes pink to red with pink spots on a light colour inside the tube, or cream and without spots. the petal tube is mostly glabrous except that the inside of the tube is filled with long, soft hairs. the 4 stamens extend beyond the end of the petal tube. flowering occurs from june to december and is followed by woody, oval-shaped to top-shaped fruits with a pointed end and which are long and have a thin, papery covering.