Englerina muerensis (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Englerina

Characteristics

Shrub with spreading to pendulous branches; twigs slightly compressed, brownish tomentellous, glabrescent.. Petiole 3–20 mm. long, puberulous to tomentellous; lamina thinly coriaceous, green, linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 4–16 cm. long, 0.8–4 cm. wide, slightly acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, with scurfy pubescence on midrib beneath and towards the base, otherwise subglabrous, with 6–8 pairs of lateral nerves, the lower 2–4 pairs ascending and looped some way from margin.. Flowers 6–10 per umbel; peduncle, pedicels and bract tomentellous with white and brown hairs; peduncle 1–3 mm. long; pedicels 3–8 mm. long; bract ovate-triangular from a shallow cup, 2 mm. long, gibbous.. Receptacle 1.5–2 mm. long.. Calyx 1–1.5 mm. long, ciliolate.. Corolla 2.2–2.8 cm. long, orange, slightly yellowish towards the base, yellow inside tube, glabrous or sparsely pubescent especially along sutures; buds quadrangular and becoming slightly inflated in lower part, narrow above vents, with an oblong-ellipsoid apical swelling 4–5 mm. long; tube 1.1–1.3 cm. long, with V-slit extending to the base, papillate inside; lobes erect, linear-spathulate.. Filaments deep green with purple-brown markings; tooth 1.2–1.5 mm. long; anthers 2–3 mm. long.. Berry vermilion, obovoid, 6 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter.
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Corolla 2.2–2.8 cm long, orange, slightly yellowish towards base, yellow inside tube, glabrous or sparsely pubescent especially along sutures; buds quadrangular and becoming slightly inflated in lower part, narrow above vents, with an oblong-ellipsoid apical swelling 4–5 mm long; tube 1.1–1.3 cm long, with V-slit extending to the base, papillate inside; lobes erect, linear-spathulate.
Petiole 3–20 mm long, puberulous to tomentellous; lamina thinly coriaceous, green, 4–16 × 0.8–4 cm, linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, cuneate at base, with scurfy pubescence on midrib beneath and towards base, otherwise subglabrous, with 6–8 pairs of lateral nerves, the lower 2–4 pairs ascending and looped some way from margin.
Flowers 6–10 per umbel; peduncle, pedicels and bract tomentellous with white and brown hairs; peduncle 1–3 mm long; pedicels 3–8 mm long; bract 2 mm long, ovate-triangular from a shallow cup, gibbous.
Shrub with spreading to pendulous branches; twigs slightly compressed, brownish tomentellous, glabrescent.
Stamen filaments deep green with purple-brown markings; tooth 1.2–1.5 mm long; anthers 2–3 mm long.
Berry vermilion, 6 × 5 mm, obovoid.
Calyx 1–1.5 mm long, ciliolate.
Receptacle 1.5–2 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Englerina muerensis world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Malawi, and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:969309-1
WFO ID wfo-0000667977
COL ID 6F999
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Synonyms

Englerina muerensis Loranthus muerensis Tapinanthus muerensis