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Phoradendron quadrangulare (Kunth) Griseb.

Quacimmila de canario (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Phoradendron

Characteristics

Plants often rather small, glabrous, erect; internodes sharply quadrangular at least when young; basal cataphylls 1, nearly axillary, inconspicuous. Petiole indistinct; blade obovate to lanceolate-spatulate, 2-5 cm, apex rounded, base cuneate. Monoecious. Inflorescence to 2.5 cm or more, 1-3 in leaf axils, mostly lacking sterile bracts; fertile internodes 3-6; flowers mostly to 9 per fertile bract, 2-seriate. Fruit yellow or slightly orange (not red), spherical, 0.2-0.3 cm in diam., perianth segments closed.
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Plants often rather small, glabrous, erect; internodes sharply quadrangular at least when young; basal cataphylls 1, nearly axillary, inconspicuous. Petiole indistinct; blade obovate to lanceolate-spatulate, 2-5 cm, apex rounded, base cuneate. Monoecious. Inflorescence to 2.5 cm or more, 1-3 in leaf axils, mostly lacking sterile bracts; fertile internodes 3-6; flowers mostly to 9 per fertile bract, 2-seriate. Fruit yellow or slightly orange (not red), spherical, 0.2-0.3 cm in diam., perianth segments closed.
A shrub. It grows attached to other plants. It keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Environment

A tropical plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Bright's Disease (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

Habit

Phoradendron quadrangulare habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Phoradendron quadrangulare habit picture by Nascimento Almeida Arthur Vinícius (cc-by-sa)
Phoradendron quadrangulare habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Phoradendron quadrangulare leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Phoradendron quadrangulare leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Phoradendron quadrangulare leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Phoradendron quadrangulare flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Phoradendron quadrangulare fruit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Phoradendron quadrangulare fruit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Phoradendron quadrangulare fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Phoradendron quadrangulare world distribution map, present in Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, El Salvador, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60443757-2
WFO ID wfo-0000737302
COL ID 4GQYL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630388
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Loranthus quadrangularis Viscum trigonum Viscum kunthianum Viscum salicifolium Phoradendron antillarum Phoradendron gaumeri Phoradendron venezuelense Phoradendron tamaulipense Phoradendron salicifolium Phoradendron guazumae Phoradendron randiae Phoradendron millspaughii Phoradendron moringicola Viscum randiae Phoradendron quadrangulare Phoradendron ceibanum Phoradendron rensonii Phoradendron paquitanum Loranthus viscifolius Phoradendron viscifolium Phoradendron rusbyanum Viscum quadrangulare Phoradendron herrerense Phoradendron sonanum Phoradendron libertadanum Phoradendron martianum Phoradendron zacapanum Phoradendron belizense Phoradendron cayanum Phoradendron manatense Phoradendron franciscanum Phoradendron petenense Phoradendron randiae f. longum Phoradendron cocquericotanum Phoradendron gracile Viscum angustifolium Phoradendron huricola Phoradendron townsendii Phoradendron rehderianum Phoradendron commutatum Phoradendron antillarum f. longum Phoradendron antillarum var. orientale Phoradendron venezuelense var. filispicum Phoradendron quadrangulare var. gracile Phoradendron rubrum var. gracile Phoradendron randiae var. orientale Phoradendron gracile var. ballii
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