Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Blumella capitellata (Wight & Arn.) van Tiegh. |
| synonym | Elytranthe capitellata (Wight & Arn.) Engl. |
| synonym | Loranthus capitellatus Wight & Arn. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Branches 2-angulr, glabrous. Leaves 5-8 x 2-3 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, cuneate at base, coriaceous; nerves 2 or 3 pairs, obscure; petiole to 7 mm long. Peduncle to 10 mm long; bracts and bracteoles similar, ovate to orbicular, keeled. Flowers few together; calyx tube 4 mm long, truncate with short rounded lobes; corolla yellow to white or pale scarlet with base and apex green, split below the middle. Berry 6 x 5 mm, beaked with persistent calyx tube.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Shrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Deciduous to Evergreen Forests, Parasite
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
South West India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane
Karnataka: Belgaum, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Loranthus capitellatus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 382. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 221. 1886.
- Macrosolen capitellatus (Wight & Arn.) Danser, Blumea 2: 36. 1936; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 252. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 327. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 411. 1990; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 58. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 594. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 357. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 273. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 275. 2002.
- Elytranthe capitellata (Wight & Arn.) Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 3(1): 189. 1889; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1255(879). 1925.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Loranthus capitellatus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 382. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 221. 1886.
- Macrosolen capitellatus (Wight & Arn.) Danser, Blumea 2: 36. 1936; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 252. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 327. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 411. 1990; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 58. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 594. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 357. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 273. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 275. 2002.
- Elytranthe capitellata (Wight & Arn.) Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 3(1): 189. 1889; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1255(879). 1925.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Santalales |
| Family | Loranthaceae |
| Genus | Macrosolen |
| Species | Macrosolen capitellatus (Wight & Arn.) Danser |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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