Viscum combreticola Engl.

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Along Mberengwa - West Nicholson road

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Besna Kobila farm, Matobo.

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Synonyms:	Viscum dichotomum sensu D. Don Viscum shirense sensu Hutchinson Viscum ugandense Sprague
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Status:	Native
Description:	Leafless, parasitic, pendulous shrub, 1-3 mm long. Branches yellowish-green with distinctly flattened and strongly ribbed internodes. Flowers unisexual on different plants; male flowers in 2-3-flowered clusters; female flowers solitary; bracteal cups sessile in both sexes. Berries sessile, 6-7 mm long, tuberculate when young but smooth and orange when mature.
Notes:	Mostly found on Combretum or legumes but occasionally on other trees.
Derivation of specific name:	combreticola: Combretum loving although also found on legumes and other tree species.
Habitat:	In mixed deciduous woodland, miombo woodland and riverine vegetation.
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Flowering time:	Mainly Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and North-west, Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
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Images last updated:	Thursday 26 May 2016
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 283. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 126 - 127. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 364. (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 83. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 303. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Viscaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 204 - 205. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 111. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 184. Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Page 308.

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