Dendrophthoe odontocalyx

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Dendrophthoe odontocalyx

Description

Densely white-tomentose on all young parts, eventually glabrescent except for the inflorescence and calyx and sometimes the corolla and leaves. Leaves opposite or scattered; lamina narrow lanceolate to elliptic, sometimes falcate, 4-15(-25) by (0.5-)l-4cm, attenuate or cuneate at the base to a petiole 5-15(-25) mm long, sometimes attenuate and finally obtuse or rounded at the apex, dull on both sides; venation pinnate but in narrow leaves almost curvinerved with the midrib prominent and the main laterals faintly visible on both sides. Inflorescencess at the nodes, a 3- to 8-flowered raceme; axis 5- 25(-40) mm long; pedicels 2-6 mm long.

Distribution

Alor present, Australasia, Sumbawa present, Timor present, east present
Australia; Malesia: Java (East), Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumbawa, Alor, Timor).

Notes

The species tends to geographically replace Dendrophthoe curvata, which mostly occurs in humid forests.