Viscum scurruloideum Barlow

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Viscum

Characteristics

Plant slender, probably pendulous. Stem internodes terete below, flattened upwards, longitudinally ridged, 25-60 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide below, widened to 1.5-2 mm above. Leaves normally developed; lamina linear, falcate, gradually attenuate at the base to an obscure petiole 2-5 mm long, attenuate and finally acute to rounded at the apex, curvinerved with 3 veins raised on both sides, 40-75 by 3-5 mm. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, a pedunculate cymule of 3 flowers subtended by a cupule c. 0.5 mm long, with the middle flower female and the lateral flowers female or male; peduncle 2-4 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid, on a distinct, slender stipe c. 5 mm long, smooth. Fig. 11d-f.
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Distribution

Viscum scurruloideum world distribution map, present in Sri Lanka

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:992479-1
WFO ID wfo-0000424930
COL ID 5BKKT
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Synonyms

Ginalloa falcata Viscum scurruloideum