Tapinanthus (Blume) Rchb.

Shrubs, mostly 0.5–2 m. from a single haustorial connection; twigs slightly compressed at first, soon terete, glabrous to puberulous or velvety with small simple hairs. Leaves mostly opposite, sessile to petiolate; lateral nerves spreading, usually some of the lower ones more strongly ascending. Flowers 2–16 in umbels, 5-merous; umbels in axils or clustered at older nodes, shortly pedunculate, perulate; bracts saucer-shaped to cupular with a small triangular limb. Calyx saucer-shaped to cupular or occasionally shortly tubular, almost entire, sometimes split by the expanding corolla. Corolla-tube much longer than the lobes, opening with a V-split, usually pink to purplish, sometimes spotted white; bud-head greenish to white, darkening at maturity, commonly angled, ribbed, winged or appendaged; basal swelling well formed; lobes attenuate to spathulate, reflexed or elsewhere sometimes erect. Filaments inserted near top of corolla-tube, short, linear, inflexed to inrolled; tooth distinct, 0.5–1 mm. long; anthers 4-thecous, short, (1.2–)2–3.5 mm. long, with a broad connective slightly produced at the apex. Style swollen opposite the filaments, constricted above; stigma small, obovoid to capitate, 0.4–1 mm. across. Berry oblong-ellipsoid to globose, often somewhat urceolate to the persistent calyx, smooth to papillose, usually ripening red.