Amyema quandang Tiegh.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Amyema

Characteristics

Plant pendulous, shortly white-tomentose, the vegetative parts glabrescent; epicortical runners absent. Leaves opposite or displaced-opposite, lanceolate to ovate, often falcate, acute to rounded; lamina 3-12 cm long, 8-45 mm wide, attenuate or contracted at base into petiole 4-12 mm long. Inflorescence a pedunculate umbel of triads, the central flower sessile, the laterals pedicellate; peduncle 3-10 mm long; rays of umbel 2, 2-8 mm long; pedicels 1-3 mm long; bracts 1 mm long, acute to rounded. Ovary abruptly expanded and then narrowed just below calyx; calyx entire, 0.5-1 mm long. Corolla in mature bud slender to robust, 16-30 mm long, 5-merous, acute or obtuse, green beneath tomentum. Anthers 2-4 mm long, slightly shorter than free part of filament. Fruit ellipsoidal, slightly pear-shaped or nearly globose, 6-10 mm long.
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A shrub which grows attached to other plants. It hangs downwards. It has a white covering of soft hairs. The leaves are opposite and grey. They are usually curved and 3-12 cm long. The flowers occur in 2 groups of 3 flowers on a common stalk. The flowers are green outside and dark pink inside. They are 1.6-3 cm long. The fruit is slightly pear shaped and 6-10 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Parasitic on many Acacia spp., commonly on A. aneura , A. cambagei , A. harpophylla and A. papyrocarpa .
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It grows on Acacia plants. It grows in subtropical places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food food
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

It grows from seeds.
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Images

Amyema quandang unspecified picture

Distribution

Amyema quandang world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547784-1
WFO ID wfo-0000532441
COL ID D8ZW
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Amyema pruinosa Loranthus canus Loranthus nutans Loranthus cunninghamii Amyema cana Amyema nutans Dendrophthoe pruinosa Amyema quandang var. bancroftii Amyema quandang Loranthus pendulus var. canescens Loranthus quandang var. bancroftii