Dendrophthoe gangliiformis

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Dendrophthoe gangliiformis

Description

Glabrous except for young shoots, inflorescences and flowers shortly ochre to red- brown tomentose, the leaves and corollas soon glabrescent. Leaves scattered; lamina narrowly to broadly ovate, 6-16 by 3.5-7 cm, thin, cuneate at the base to a petiole 3-8 mm long, undulate at the margin, rounded or sometimes broadly obtuse at the apex, dull on both sides; venation pinnate with the midrib and the semicurvinerved main laterals prominent on both sides. Inflorescences many at the nodes, arising from cushion-like swellings, a short 4-10-flowered raceme; axis very slender, 12-20 mm long; pedicels 0.5-4 mm long.

Distribution

Alor present, Asia-Tropical: Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Tanimbar present
Malesia: Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands (Alor), Moluccas (Tanimbar).