Author: | Carl
Linnaeus Junior 1781 |
Family: |
Viscaceae
|
Habitat: |
Angola,
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zaïre,
Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
No, it
grows on: Acacia, Antidesma, Boscia, Brachylaena,
Buddleia, Cadaba, Carissa, Colpoon, Combretum, Diospyros,
Dodonea, Dovyalis, Ehretia, Euclea, Eryops, Grewia, Maerua,
Maytenus, Olea, Passeria, Pavetta, Phyllanthus, Podocarpus,
Portulacaria, Pterocelastrus, Pteronia, Punica, Rhamnus,
Rhigozum, Rhus, Salix, Tapinanthus, Tarchonanthus, Thesium,
Viscum!, Vitellariopsis and Ziziphus.
|
Water:
|
No, sap
from the host |
Sun: |
Medium -
Maximum |
Thickness: |
2
centimetres |
Height: |
30
centimetres |
Flower:
|
Yellowish |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Viscum
bosciae-foetidae Dinter.
Viscum glaucum Eckl. &
Zeyh. 1830.
Viscum macowanii Engl.
Viscum
thymifolium Presl.
Viscum tricostatum E. Meyer ex
Harvey.
Viscum ziziphi-mucronati Dinter. |
This parasitic plant was
described by Carl von Linné Junior in 1781. It is found wide spread in
southern Africa, growing on different plants like: Acacia,
Antidesma, Boscia, Brachylaena, Buddleia, Cadaba, Carissa, Colpoon,
Combretum, Diospyros, Dodonea, Dovyalis, Ehretia, Euclea, Eryops,
Grewia, Maerua, Maytenus, Olea, Passeria, Pavetta, Phyllanthus,
Podocarpus, Portulacaria, Pterocelastrus, Pteronia, Punica, Rhamnus,
Rhigozum, Rhus, Salix, Tapinanthus, Tarchonanthus, Thesium, Viscum!,
Vitellariopsis and Ziziphus. It prefers some to much sun,
and can grow to a dense plant, 30 centimetres in diameter. The small
flowers are yellowish, the berries are orange to bright red. |