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Synonyms: |
Loranthus subulatus Engl. Tapinanthus subulatus (Engl.) Danser, |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Parasitic shrub with spreading stems and short lateral branches. Branchlets terete or 4-angled to slightly winged, most parts glabrous. Leaves opposite or subopposite, somewhat leathery, dull to dark green or sometimes slightly blue-green, lanceolate to ovate-elliptic with 6–12 pairs of lateral nerves. Flowers in solitary umbels, axillary or terminal. Corolla 3.5–5 cm long, white at base, then pink or orange, banded green-yellow just below vents, yellow or yellow and red over vents, with green tip; lobes erect, 8–12 mm long. Stamen filaments red below, yellow or green above. Style green above, slender. Berry red, oblong-ellipsoid; seed bright yellow. |
Notes: | An attractive and easily recognized species, mostly found on legumes, particularly Pterocarpus angolensis, but also on Combretum and other families including cultivated trees. |
Derivation of specific name: | subulatus: flat and narrow, tapering from the base to a sharp tip, subulate |
Habitat: | Along forest margins, in woodland and wooded grassland, often in transitional zones. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1650 m |
Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | From Somalia to Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
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Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Monday 12 June 2006 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 200. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. As Agelantha subulatus 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) Page 148. |
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