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Synonyms: |
Loranthus bulawayensis Engl. Loranthus carsonii Baker & Sprague Loranthus ceciliae N.E. Br. Loranthus pungu De Wild. Tapinanthus pungu (De Wild.) Danser |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Rounded parasitic shrub up to 1.5 m, often pendulous when older. Branches compressed or terete, densely covered with short spreading hairs. Leaves mostly opposite or subopposite, grey-green to markedly blue-green, slightly fleshy, very variable in shape and size, from linear-lanceolate to broadly elliptic, glabrous. Inflorescences 8–24-flowered. Corolla c. 4 cm, yellow to yellow-green, banded yellow or orange on lobes, pubescent with longer spreading hairs on the tube above the basal swelling. Lobes erect, 5–8 mm. Stamen filaments red, inflexed. Berry red, obovoid, pubescent. |
Notes: | It has been recorded from a wide variety of hosts, often epiparasitic on other species of Loranthaceae.This species can be distinguished by the short spreading hairs on the branchlets, blue-green leaves, the sparsely hairy corolla with longer hairs on the tube, and the corolla lobes with slight or no keels. |
Derivation of specific name: | |
Habitat: | A species of various types of deciduous woodland and wooded grassland. Also along forest edges. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
Flowering time: | Mainly Nov-Mar, occasionally later |
Worldwide distribution: | From DRC and Tanzania to Caprivi and northern South Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 19 November 2015 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. As Agelantha pungu Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. As Agelantha pungu 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 157 - 161. (Includes a picture). |
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