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Amyema sanguinea Danser

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Amyema

Characteristics

Plant pendulous, glabrous; epicortical runners present. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to broadly elliptic, obtuse to rounded; lamina 6-25 cm long, 1-6 cm wide, attenuate to contracted at base into petiole 5-20 mm long. Inflorescence a pedunculate umbel of 3-6 flowers; peduncle robust, 4-12 mm long; rays of umbel 3-7 mm long; bracts 1.5-3.5 mm long, acute. Calyx entire or irregularly split, 0.5 mm long. Corolla in mature bud robust, 3-6 cm long, 6-ribbed or 6-angular, clavate, usually red, rarely yellow. Anthers 4-7 mm long, equal to free part of filament. Fruit funnel-shaped, 8-14 mm long.
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A shrub which grows attached to other plants. It hangs from Eucalypt trees. The leaves are smooth, flat and leathery. The blade is often curved. The leaves are 6-25 cm long by 1-2.5 cm wide. The flowers are yellow-orange to red and have long tubes. They are 3.5-6 cm long. The flowers occur in groups or 3-6 flowers. The fruit is funnel shaped. It is 0.8-1.4 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in open woodland. It grows on Eucalypts and some paperbarks. It grows in tropical and subtropical places. It can grow in arid places.
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Found in open forest and woodland; parasitic mostly on Eucalyptus , occasionally on Melaleuca and Tristania .
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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The fruit are eaten raw.
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Images

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Distribution

Amyema sanguinea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547792-1
WFO ID wfo-0000532452
COL ID D927
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Synonyms

Loranthus muelleri Pilostigma muelleri Amyema sanguinea Loranthus spathulatus Treubella muelleriana Amyema brevipes Amyema muelleri Amyema spathulata Loranthus sanguineus Pilostigma sanguineum Loranthus muellerianus Pilostigma brevipes

Lower taxons

Amyema sanguinea var. pulcher
WorldFloraDB 2024