Viscum menyharthii Engl. & Schinz

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Viscum

Characteristics

Leafless, dioecious shrubs of moderate size, 0.5-1 m high, occasionally pendulous. Stems rounded, often greatly elongated; basal internodes of younger branches (30-)40-60 x 2-3 mm. Staminate flowers in dichasia, mostly (2-)4-6 per node, but up to 10 on terminal nodes. Pistillate flowers solitary in bracteal cups, 2-4 per node. Berries, when young, cylindrical-subovoid, warty, truncate slightly constricted below the rim, at maturity ovoid, 5-6 mm long, faintly tuberculate to smooth, sessile, remaining truncate, orange; style persistent.
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Leafless, dioecious shrub, up to 1 m high, parasitic only on Ficus species. Stems rounded at all developmental stages. Internodes 40-60 mm long. Staminate dichasia always 3-flowered, subtended by bracteal cups. Berries sessile, heavily warted when young. Flowers green.
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Distribution

Viscum menyharthii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:552440-1
WFO ID wfo-0001074282
COL ID 5BKGP
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Synonyms

Viscum matabelense Viscum subcylindricum Viscum menyharthii