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Tapinanthus rubro-marginatus (Engl.) Danser

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub up to 1 m or more, hemiparasitic on Acacia, Dombeya, Faurea etc. Leaves in crowded fascicles; petiolate; blade elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 30-40 x 10-15 mm; petioles 3-5 mm long. Flowers: in 2-4-flowered umbels densely clustered on swollen nodes of older stems; corolla 40-50 mm long, glabrous, tube dark red to purplish at base and apex, often variegated with whitish spots; Sep.-Nov. Fruit globose, ± 10 mm long, red.
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Distinct from T. oleifolius by a glabrous corolla and slightly winged sutures of clavate apical portion of mature buds, and differentiated from T. rubromarginatus by the dull pink corolla with greenish apex, and the oblong ovary (in T. rubromarginatus the ovary is about as long as wide).
Shrub, up to 1 m high, parasitic on species of Protea, Faurea, Acacia etc. Leaves with minute, usually dark reddish margin. Corolla glabrous, tube swollen at base, lobes reflexed. Flowers pink or red.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Tapinanthus rubro-marginatus world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:552044-1
WFO ID wfo-0001074664
COL ID 54SXD
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Synonyms

Loranthus glabriflorus Tapinanthus rubro-marginatus Loranthus glabrifolius Loranthus rubromarginatus
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