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Erianthemum ngamicum

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Identification
Loranthus ngamicus Sprague [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Erianthemum ngamicum (Sprague) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Erianthemum ngamicum
  • Loranthus ngamicus
  • Loranthus dregei

Flora

Entry for Erianthemum ngamicum [family LORANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Erianthemum ngamicum [family LORANTHACEAE]
Common names
Loranthus ngamicus Sprague in F.T.A. 6, 1: 310 (1910).
Information
Shrubs up to 1 m high, young parts usually with dense whitish stellate hairs. Leaves opposite-subopposite on young stems, but crowded in fascicles on the often swollen nodes of older stems, mostly elliptic, 15-25 x 10-15 mm, lateral venation inconspicuous; petioles 4-8 mm long. Inflorescence: heads 3-5-flowered, arising singly and centrally from crowded leaf fascicles; peduncles often whitish pubescent, 15-25 mm long; calyx rim often with minute but distinct tufts of hairs; bracts at least half or more the length of ovary and calyx tube. Berries red, 13-15 mm long. Flowering October to March and possibly longer. Fig. 12.
Use
2. Erianthemum ngamicum (Sprague) Danser in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29, 6: 54(1933). Syntypes: Botswana, Ntschokut- sa, Seiner 2/124 (Z); Kwebe Hills, Mrs Lugard 44 (K!); Lake Ngami, E. J. Lugard 30 (K!);i7ecA:313A.
Range
Parasitic on species of Acacia, Albizia, Colophospermum, Combretum, Commiphora, Pteroxylon, Sclero-arya, and probably also other genera; from north­eastern South West Africa, Botswana, northern and central Transvaal to northern Natal (Map 10). Also jn Rhodesia and Mozambique.

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