Muellerina eucalyptoides (Dc.) Barlow

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Muellerina

Characteristics

Plant spreading to pendulous, glabrous. Leaves linear to lanceolate or oblong, attenuate and usually acute; lamina 8-20 cm long, 7-20 mm wide, attenuate at base into petiole 1-3 cm long, curvinerved, the veins indistinct. Inflorescence a raceme of usually 4 or 5 pairs of triads or single flowers; axis 12-35 mm long; peduncles of triads 5-9 mm long; lateral flowers (when present) with pedicels 4-6 mm long; bracts narrowly triangular, 1 mm long. Calyx entire, 0.7 mm long. Corolla in mature bud 30-45 mm long. Anthers 2-2.5 mm long; free part of filament 8-12 mm long. Fruit pear-shaped, 8-15 mm long, becoming yellow.
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A mistletoe. It grows attached to other plants such as Eucalypts. It is spreading or hanging with stems 1-2 m long. The leaves are sword shaped and 6-15 cm long by 1.5-2 cm wide. The flowers are tube shaped and 3-5 cm long by 3 cm across. The fruit is oval and yellow to green.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Grows in open forest of the coast, ranges and slopes; usually on Eucalyptus but also on various other hosts including exotic tree species.
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It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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The fruit are edible but the sticky seed should not be eaten.
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Images

Muellerina eucalyptoides unspecified picture

Distribution

Muellerina eucalyptoides world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:550555-1
WFO ID wfo-0000377898
COL ID 44HVR
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Synonyms

Loranthus eucalyptoides Muellerina eucalyptoides Dendrophthoe eucalyptoides Phrygilanthus eucalyptoides