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Dendrophthoe memecylifolia
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Dendrophthoe memecylifolia (Wight & Arn.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser. 3, 10: 1929; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 399. 1994; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 57. 1998.
Loranthus memecylifolius Wight & Arn., Prodr. 383. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 217. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1254(878). 1925.
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Description:
Glabrous parasitic shrubs; branches stout, terete, brown. Leaves opposite, up to 8 x 3 cm, coriaceous, opposite or alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, cuneate at base; the nerves obscure; petioles very short. Flowers in axillary or lateral peduncled umbellate cymes; bracts cup-like but one-sided. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, the limb short, truncate or toothed; lobes triangular. Corolla gamopetalous, very straight, erect, scarlet coloured, glabrous without, with very rare exceptions, 2-4 cm long; lobes 5, valvate. Stamens 4; filaments much shorter than the anthers. Ovary 1-celled; style linear; stigma lateral. Berry oblong
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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