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Englerina oedostemon
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Christmas Pass, Mutare
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Christmas Pass, Mutare
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Edge of Bunga Forest, Vumba
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Norseland, Vumba
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John Meikle Forestry Estate, Stapleford
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Near Eagle School turn off, Vumba
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Near Eagle School turn off, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Englerina umtaliensis Balle Loranthus pungwensis Weim. Tapinanthus oedostemon Danser |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small parasitic shrub with spreading stems. Branchlets slightly flattened, hairless, sometimes with short, spreading, glandular hairs at base of young shoots. Leaves reddish-brown to dark green, lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, acuminate, hairless. Flowers in umbels, 4-10-flowered. Corolla 1.5-2 cm, orange-yellow; lobes reflexed, linear. Stamen filaments green, partly fused with the corolla lobes. Berry obovoid. |
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| Habitat: | In evergreen forest and woodland, particularly in small patches of forest scrub in montane grassland. |
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| Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Known only from the mountains on the Mozambique border, from Nyanga to Tsetsera. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 24 May 2009 |
| Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 80. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 89. 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. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 130. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Loranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 138 - 149. (Includes a picture). |
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