Vanwykia remota (Baker & Sprague) Wiens

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Ruti Dam, Buhera

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Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Pungwe River, Gorongosa National Park.

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Grounds of Tanganda Training Centre, New Years Gift Estate

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Synonyms:	Loranthus remotus Baker & Sprague Tapinanthus remotus (Baker & Sprague) Danser
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Status:	Native
Description:	Parasitic shrub up to 1.5 m long, pendent when older. Branchlets with whitish hairs 1-2 mm long. Leaves opposite to subopposite, occasionally alternate or clustered on short shoots, elliptic-obovate to elliptic-ovate or subcircular, tomentellous when young, glabrescent with age. Flowers in few-flowered axillary umbels and around old nodes. Corolla 4-5 cm, yellow-green and whitish tomentose outside, green turning reddish inside; lobes 8-10 mm, spathulate. Anthers scarlet, 2.5-4 mm. Berry red, cylindric, tomentose.
Type location:	Mozambique
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Habitat:	In deciduous woodland, wooded grassland and riverine fringes, mostly on Ficus spp but also on Combretum and legumes.
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Flowering time:	May - Sep
Worldwide distribution:	From eastern Tanzania to northern South Africa.
FZ divisions:	N,MS,GI
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Images last updated:	Sunday 24 May 2009
Literature:	Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 82. 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 59. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 73. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 221 - 222. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Loranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 173 - 174. (Includes a picture).

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