Dendrophthoe acacioides Tiegh.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Dendrophthoe

Characteristics

Plant spreading to pendulous, glabrous; epicortical runners present. Leaves mostly displaced-opposite or alternate, linear to lanceolate or narrowly obovate, rounded or obtuse or acute; lamina 3-14 cm long, 2-28 mm wide, isobilateral, thin, attenuate at base into obscure petiole 5-8 mm long, midrib and sometimes lateral veins distinct on both surfaces. Inflorescence usually 2-flowered and resembling an umbel, rarely 3-flowered with axis to 10 mm long or reduced to a solitary flower; pedicels 1-8 mm long; bracts ovate, 1.5-2 mm long, acute. Calyx 1.5-2 mm long, prominently toothed. Corolla in mature bud 23-35 mm long, yellow to red. Anthers 3-5 mm long, longer than free part of filament. Fruit ovoid, 10-13 mm long, distinctly warted, yellow to red.
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A shrub that grows attached to trees. It partly grows using the sap from the tree. It grows on the stems of the trees. The leaves are 4-8 cm long by 0.5-1 cm wide. The leaf stalks can be 1 cm long. The flowers are yellow, orange or red. There are 2 or 3 flowers in a group. It grows on Acacia and Grevillea and other plants.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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A tropical plant. It grows at least from sea level to 300 m above sea level.
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Found in open forest and woodland, mostly on Acacia .
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Distribution

Dendrophthoe acacioides world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:548230-1
WFO ID wfo-0000641171
COL ID 34RLV
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Synonyms

Loranthus kimherleyensis Loranthus acacioides Amyema acacioides Dendrophthoe acacioides

Lower taxons

Dendrophthoe acacioides subsp. longifolia