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Viscum obscurum

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Name

Identification
Viscum decurrens (Engl.) Baker & Sprague [family VISCACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Wiens, D., Viscum obscurum Thunb. [family VISCACEAE ]
Related name
  • Viscum decurrens
  • Aspidixia bivalvis
  • Viscum subserratum
  • Viscum obscurum
  • Viscum pauciflorum

Flora

Entry for VISCUM obscurum Thunb. [family VISCACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 574, (1894) Author: (BY W. H. HARVEY).
Names
VISCUM obscurum Thunb. [family VISCACEAE], Prod. 31;—Fl. Cap. p. 154. DC. Prod. 4, p. 285.
Information
old branches terete, the younger ones and twigs hexagonal, articulated; leaves elliptical- obovate, or oblong, tapering at base, very obtuse, coriaceous, obscurely 3-nerved, glabrous; flowers in threes, the males sessile, the females pedicellate; peduncle of the fruit mostly longer than the white, or yellowish-white, smooth berry. Much branched, bushy, dichotomous or trichotomous; the young twigs sharply hexagonal. Internodes 1–3 inches long, the nodes somewhat swollen. Leaves variable in length and breadth. Peduncles of the fruit 3–6 lines long. Style 1/2 line long. This comes very near V. Orientale of the East Indies, but has a more evident style, and somewhat different berries.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Var. α, Grootvaders and Duyvelsbosch, Swell., and at the Chumiberg, Kaffr., E. & Z.! VAR. β, chiefly on willows, in Uitenhage, Albany, and Kaffirland, E. & Z.! Kaymansgat, Drege! (Herb. Sd. D.)

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