Helixanthera coccinea (Jack) Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Ser. 3, 10: 317. 1929. Loranthus coccineus Jack, Malayan Misc. 1: 8. 1820; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 206. 1886.

Branches with cinnamomeous brown conchiform hairs when young, glabrous when old. Leaves alternate, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, rounded at base, entire, obtuse or subacute at apex, 7.5 - 9 x 2.5 - 3.5 cm, coriaceous, covered with cinnamomeous brown conchiform hairs when young, glabrous when old; lateral nerves 3 - 5 pairs; petioles terete, 5 - 10 mm long. Inflorescences spicate, axillary; peduncle solitary or in pairs, 10 - 12-flowered, ribbed, cinnamomeous brown with conchiform hairs when young, later becoming glabrous, 4 - 4.5 cm long; flower buds torpedo-shaped, sub-tetragonous, cinnamomeous brown, 6 - 8 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, oriented parallel to the axis, sessile, 8 - 10 mm long; bracts linear-oblong, cucullate above, manubriate, 4 - 4.5 x 1.8 - 2 mm. Calyculus obscurely 4-lobed; lobes with marginal hairs, 1 - 1.5 mm long. Petals 4, linear-oblong, abruptly inflated at base, 5 - 6 mm long. Stamens 4, erect; filaments 2 - 2.5 mm long; anthers oblong, 0.8 - 1 mm long. Ovary urceolate, 1.8 - 2 mm long; style 5 - 6 mm long; stigma conical, lobed. Fruits ascidiform, 4-gonous, sparsely tubercled, cinnamomeous brown hairy, 5 - 6 x 2.6 - 3.2 mm; calyx-rim persistent.

Fl. & Fr. March - Aug.

Distrib. India: Assam, Meghalaya and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.Myanmar, China to Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Notes. Vessel pittings scalariform; fibres excessively thick-walled with narrow lumen without pits or with vestigial pits.

Pollen triangular, P - 27 (29.4) 32 µm; E - 35 (37.6) 40 µm; P/E - 0.76 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.