Ginalloa helferi (C.Presl) Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(1): 64. 1871 & Forest Fl. Burma 2: 326. 1877; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 228. 1886; Karthig. et al. in Indian J. Forest. 32: 302, f. 2. 2009. Viscum helferi C.Presl, Epimel. Bot. 256. 1849.

Parasitic shrubs; stems slender, terete, glabrous, dichotomously branched. Leaves opposite, subsessile, obovate to oblanceolate, narrowed and cuneate at base, rounded, obtuse to retuse at apex, entire, 2.5 – 6 x 0.5 – 1 cm, 3 – 5-nerved from base, thinly coriaceous. Spikes axillary and terminal at the forks of stem branches, 3 – 6 cm long. Flowers minute, enclosed by annular involucre; perianth segments 3, triangular, acute; stamens 3, sessile; ovary ovoid, ca 2 mm long. Berries ovoid, 1-seeded.

Fl. & Fr. Aug. – Oct.

Distrib. India: Parasitic on Dillenia andamanica C.E. Parkinson, in inland forests. Andaman & Nicobar Isl., Rutland Island, South Andamans, 14 Sept. 2002, K. Karthigeyan 6906 (PBL). Extremely rare and endangered.

Myanmar.