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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Leafless parasitic, densely branched shrub-like plant, up to c.1 m long. Branches pale green with rounded segments. Flowers unisexual on different plants. Bracteal cups sessile in both sexes. Male flowers in 2-3-flowers clusters; female flowers solitary. Fruiting pedicels 1-2 mm long. Berries 5-6 mm long, densely tuberculed when young, less so to nearly smooth and pale yellow-orange when mature. |
Notes: | Always found on Acacia. |
Derivation of specific name: | verrucosum: warty |
Habitat: | In mixed deciduous woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1600 m |
Flowering time: | Jun - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 9 April 2015 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 126 - 127. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 366. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 83. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 299. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Viscaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Page 202. (Includes a picture). Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 526 - 527. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 111. |
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