Cunonia capensis whorls of florets

The spaced whorls of stalked florets in a Cunonia capensis raceme-shaped inflorescence may consist of ten to thirty florets per whorl.

Below each whorl of florets there is a subtending ring of pointed bracts shaped like leaflets, in picture dull greenish yellow. The hairless axis connecting the whorls is rigid and red.

Spacing isn’t always conspicuous among the whorls, particularly once the cylinder comprises open florets (Coates Palgrave, 2002; iNaturalist).