Abstract The chemical composition of the headspace volatiles trapped on active carbon of male and female kiwifruit (lowers grown in Iran were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-seven compounds were identified. A large difference in chemical composition of male and female flower volatiles was not found other than minor quantitative differences. The major components found were valencene (11.7â13.7%), Î±-cadinol (5.0â7.0%) and flourensidiol (7.1%).