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Synonyms: |
Englerina umtaliensis Balle Loranthus pungwensis Weim. Tapinanthus oedostemon Danser |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small parasitic shrub with spreading stems. Branchlets slightly flattened, hairless, sometimes with short, spreading, glandular hairs at base of young shoots. Leaves reddish-brown to dark green, lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, acuminate, hairless. Flowers in umbels, 4-10-flowered. Corolla 1.5-2 cm, orange-yellow; lobes reflexed, linear. Stamen filaments green, partly fused with the corolla lobes. Berry obovoid. |
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Habitat: | In evergreen forest and woodland, particularly in small patches of forest scrub in montane grassland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1860 m |
Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | Known only from the mountains on the Mozambique border, from Nyanga to Tsetsera. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 8 June 2012 |
Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 80. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 89. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 59. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 130. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Loranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 138 - 149. (Includes a picture). |
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