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Viscum tuberculatum
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Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.
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| Synonyms: |
Viscum camporum Engl. & K. Krause Viscum holstii Engl. Viscum spragueanum Burtt Davy Viscum stuhlmannii Engl. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Densely branched, leafy parasitic shrub, up to 50 cm high. Leaves very variable, spathulate-oblanceolate to obovate-rotund, 15-40 mm long, sometimes 3-veined, base running down into a subpetiole; margin often yellowish or minutely whitish crenulate. Flowers in clusters of unisexual clusters of 1-3, sometimes with a central female flower subtended by 2 male flowers. Fruit sessile, ovoid, 5-6 mm high, densely tuberculate when young, orange and less tuberculate when ripe. |
| Notes: | This species is not listed for Botswana in Polhill & Wiens, 2006 (Flora Zambesiaca 9-3) nor in Setshogo, 2005 (Sabonet 37). |
| Derivation of specific name: | tuberculatum: tuberculate or warty, referring to the fruit. |
| Habitat: | Found on Celastraceae, Combretum and Flacourtia in bushland, woodland and at the edges of drier evergreen forest. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Eastern half of Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa and from Rwanda to Angola and Namibia. |
| Botswana distribution: | SE |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 14 September 2014 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 285. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. 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 83. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 290 - 291. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Viscaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 199 - 201. (Includes a picture). |
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