Dendrophthoe memecylifolia (Wight & Arn.) Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Ser. 3, 10: 310. 1929. Loranthus memecylifolius Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 383. 1834; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 217. 1886.

Branches terete; branching lateral; lenticels circular with vertical slit. Leaves opposite, elliptic, ovate or oblong-elliptic, cuneate at base, obtuse or subacute at apex, 4.5 - 6 x 2 - 2.5 cm, coriaceous; lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs; petioles 2.5 - 3 mm long. Inflorescences centrifugal pseudoracemose; peduncle solitary, 3 - 5-flowered, 5 - 10 mm long; flower buds clavate, conical with obtuse beaked apex, 1.5 - 2 cm long. Flowers 2.5 - 3 cm long; pedicels 2.5 - 3 mm long; bract ovate-cymbiform, encircling ovary, 2 - 2.5 x 1 - 1.2 mm. Calyculus-tube widening towards top, toothed or lobed. Petals 5, united; tube splitting equally on all sides up to two-third from top; lobes 5, linear-elliptic, 14 - 16 mm long. Stamens 5; filaments subterete, 4 - 5 mm long; anthers linear, 3 - 3.5 mm long. Ovary oblong, smooth, 2.5 - 3 mm long; style tetragonous; stigma clavate. Fruits ellipsoid, 9 - 10 x 5 - 6 mm, glabrous, smooth; calyculus persistent, almost as broad as the fruits with uneven rim.

Fl. & Fr. Feb. - June.

Distrib. India: Subtropical and temperate forests of Western Ghats, particularly in shola forests, above 1200 m altitude, found on a variety of hosts. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Endemic.

Notes. Vessels with scalariform circular-ovate pits; fibres thick-walled, narrow-lumened. Pollen grains 3-lobed; P - 29 (33.2) 37 μm; E - 52 (56.5) 62 μm. P/E - 0.59 μm; ex. 2 μm; col. 1μm.