Agelanthus lugardii (N.E. Br.) Polhill & Wiens

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Agelanthus lugardii

Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Hwali Business Centre to Manama Mission, Dibilishaba CL

Agelanthus lugardii

Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Hwali Business Centre to Manama Mission, Dibilishaba CL

Agelanthus lugardii

Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Hwali Business Centre to Manama Mission, Dibilishaba CL

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Synonyms: Loranthus breyeri Bremek.
Loranthus lugardii N.E. Br.
Tapinanthus lugardii (N.E. Br.) Danser
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Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Parasitic shrub up to c. 1 m. Branchlets terete, hispidulous. Leaves alternate, clustered at older nodes, linear-oblanceolate, oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, finely hairy on both surfaces to subglabrous, with obscure venation. Flowers 2 – 4 in axils. Corolla c. 3.5 cm, green or grey, with yellow-green lobes, later flushed a little orange or pink; lobes nearly erect (spreading to 45°). Stamen filaments yellow-green turning reddish, slender, inflexed. Style green, slender; stigma pink. Berry obovoid, orange-yellow, with apex and persistent calyx red.
Notes: Although literature mentions older flowers may flush a little pink or orange, this effect is much more pronounced in some flowers than others. The photos above show a spectacular, bright pink-flowered plant.
Derivation of specific name: lugardii: after Major Edward James Lugard (1865-1957), British-born plant collector who collected extensively in Botswana.
Habitat: In mixed woodland and riverine fringes, mostly found on Acacia spp.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1050 m
Flowering time:Nov - Mar
Worldwide distribution: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and North-West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution: N,E,S
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Images last updated: Tuesday 29 May 2012
Literature:

Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 359. (Includes a picture).

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. (2006). Loranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 146 - 150. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 81.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Agelanthus lugardii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Agelanthus lugardii
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Wikipedia: Agelanthus lugardii


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Agelanthus lugardii.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=121090, retrieved 19 March 2024

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