Tapinanthus dependens (Engl.) Danser

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Base of Mount Chinaka, Juliasdale

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Synonyms:	Acrostephanus dependens (Engl.) Tiegh. Loranthus dependens Engl. Loranthus gomesii E.A. Bruce Loranthus guttatus Sprague Loranthus homblei De Wild. Tapinanthus guttatus (Sprague) Danser Tapinanthus homblei (De Wild.) Danser
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Status:	Native
Description:	Stems spreading or pendent to 1–3 m long, hairless but densely lenticellate. Leaves mostly opposite, linear-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 5–21 cm long, leathery, dull green, lateral veins in 4–6 pairs, lower ones strongly ascending, leaves sometimes glandular-hairy when just unfolding; petiole 5–12 mm long. Flowers in several 2–4-flowered umbels per axil and at older nodes; peduncle 1–5 mm long; pedicels in sockets, 0–2 mm long; bract cup-shaped, 2–3 mm long, with small triangular limb. Corolla tube 3–4 cm long, pink outside, generally spotted white, redder along filament lines inside, head of bud greenish-white, darkening, lobes green to black inside; basal swelling ellipsoid-obovoid, 4–10 mm long, tube constricted for 3–5 mm above; lobes 9–10 mm long, reflexed. Stamen filaments red. Style with neck 2.5–3 mm long; stigma capitate. Berry oblong-ellipsoid, 10–12 mm long, red; calyx persistent.
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Habitat:	In miombo woodland; almost always on Brachystegia or Julbernardia.
Altitude range:	Up to 1800 m
Flowering time:	Mar - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, southern DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.
Mozambique distribution:	N,MS,GI
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Content last updated:	Sunday 28 January 2024
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 54. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 59. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Loranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 164 - 166. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 81. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 118.

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