Septulina ovalis Tiegh.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Septulina

Characteristics

Shrubs to 1 m high, new growth densely stellate-tomentose. Leaves mostly obovate to oblong-elliptical, 15-30 x 10-20 mm, stellate pubescence often superimposed on a canescent background, sometimes glabrous with age; petioles 3-5 mm long. Flowers 1 or 51 mm axils. Corolla at anthesis with somewhat swollen base, and often expanded apically, covered evenly with short grey-green stellate tomentum; buds lanate. Calyx 1-2 mm long, rim irregular. Berries ellipsoid, 11-12 mm long, red. Flowering from September to May, and possibly throughout the year.
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Like S. glauca but up to 1 m tall, leaves obovate to oblong-elliptical, flowers 1 or 51 mm axils, corolla woolly stellate-pubescent at maturity, berry 11-12 mm long (not 7-8 mm long).
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Septulina ovalis world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:551591-1
WFO ID wfo-0001074707
COL ID 4WSND
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Synonyms

Loranthus ovalis Taxillus ovalis Septulina ovalis