Agelanthus fuellebornii (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens

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Along Fort Usher road, Matobo

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Synonyms:	Loranthus annulatus Engl. & K. Krause Loranthus eylesii Sprague Loranthus fuellebornii Engl. Loranthus goetzei Sprague Tapinanthus annulatus (Engl. & K. Krause) Danser Tapinanthus eylesii (Sprague) Danser Tapinanthus fuellebornii (Engl.) Danser Tapinanthus goetzei (Sprague) Danser
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Status:	Native
Description:	Parasitic shrub up to c. 1 m with densely lenticellate branches, all parts hairless. Leaves usually alternate, elliptic-oblong or sometimes slightly obovate, 4-13 cm long, thickly leathery, grey-green, the few main veins all ascending; petiole 5-20 mm long. Flowers in subsessile 1-6-flowered umbels (mostly 2-3-flowered); pedicels up to 2 mm long, set in saucer-shaped sockets. Corolla 3.5-5 cm long, reddish with yellow lobes and dark red tips; basal swelling ellipsoid to ovoid-globose, 5-6 mm long. Fruit an oblong-obovoid berry, 10 mm long, red when ripe, verrucose.
Type location:	Syntypes from Malawi
Notes:	Most commonly on Protea, Dombeya, Cordia, Gymnosporia/Maytenus and Brachystegia.
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Habitat:	In mixed and miombo woodland, along forest edges and rivers, usually in areas with higher rainfall.
Altitude range:	1150 - 1950 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	N,Mc
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Content last updated:	Thursday 16 February 2017
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 198. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. As Agelantha fuellebornii 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 153 - 154.

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