Tapinanthus oleifolius
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Flowers
15 Jun 2008
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15 Jun 2008
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15 Jun 2008
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Fruit
13 Dec 2008
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Flowers
27 Sep 2008
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Wood rose
17 Dec 2006
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Full name: | Tapinanthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Danser |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Voëlent, Vuurhoutjies, Vuurhoutjiesvoëlent |
| English common name(s): | Mistletoe, Lighted matches, Lighted candles, Bird lime |
| Synonym(s): | Lichtensteinia oleifolia J.C.Wendl. Lichtensteinia speciosa (F.Dietr.) Tiegh. Loranthus bumbensis Hiern Loranthus meyeri C.Presl Loranthus meyeri C.Presl var. inachabensis Engl. Loranthus namaquensis Harv. Loranthus namaquensis Harv. var. ligustrifolius Engl. Loranthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Cham. & Schltdl. Loranthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Cham. & Schltdl. var. luteus Neusser Loranthus quinquangulus Engl. & Schinz Loranthus quinquangulus Engl. & Schinz var. pedicellatus Sprague Loranthus speciosus F.Dietr. Loranthus zambesicus Gibbs Scurrula oleifolia (J.C.Wendl.) G.Don Tapinanthus namaquensis (Harv.) Tiegh. Tapinanthus quinquangulus (Engl. & Schinz) Danser |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Parasitic shrub. Leaves mostly opposite, leathery, dull green to glaucous lanceolate to ovate-elliptic. Flowers in axillary few-flowered umbels; corolla tube red with whitish spots; heads of buds yellowish to greenish-white, darkening when mature. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Moderately large shrubs up to 1 m or more high. Stems puberulent when young, glabrate with age, often buff or brownish. Leaves subopposite to alternate (scattered), mostly ovate-elliptic but highly variable, 30-45 x 10-20 mm, coriaceous; petioles c. 3 mm long to subsessile. Inflorescence: umbels mostly axillary, solitary, 3-4-flowered, minutely puberulent; peduncles from absent up to 2 mm long and approximately equalling the pedicels. Corolla with conspicuous basal swelling, 35-40 mm long, tube split 10-12 mm below lobes, dull pink with whitish, irregular variegations, lightly puberulent, light green at apex and base; lobes reflexed. Filaments with small tooth below anther. Style constricted below stigma. Berries ellipsoid, 10-12 mm long, reddish orange. Flowering probably throughout the year; n=9. (from JSTOR website / Flora of Southern Africa) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
