Macrosolen cochinchinensis
(Lour.) Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41: 122. 1894;
Barlow in Fl. Malesiana, Ser. I, 13: 366, f. 35. 1997. Loranthus cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch.
1: 195. 1790. L. ampullaceus Roxb., Fl. Ind., eds. Carey & Wall. 1: 189. 1820 & 2: 209. 1824;
Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 220. 1886. Elytranthe ampullacea (Roxb.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 425. 1834.
E. cochinchinensis (Lour.) G. Don, l. c. 426. 1834.
Asm.: Raghumala; Hindi: Banda.
Shrubs, 0.5 - 1 m tall; branches subterete. Leaves opposite or rarely alternate, elliptic or ovate, rounded or narrowed at base, shortly bluntly acuminate or subacute at apex, 8 - 11 x 2.5 - 7.5 cm, coriaceous, shiny above; lateral nerves 5 - 8 pairs; petioles 6 - 12 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, centrifugal pseudoracemes; peduncles 3 - 5-flowered, 1.5 - 4.5 cm long; flower buds erect, clavate, 1.3 - 1.5 cm long. Flowers 6-merous, 1.8 - 2 cm long; bracts partially united with bracteoles, ovate, 1 - 1.2 x 0.5 - 0.7 mm; bracteoles 2, incompletely connate, ovate; pedicels 1.5 - 2 mm long. Calyculus truncate with undulate margins, 0.3 - 0.5 mm long. Petals 6, united; tube terete, with distinct angular shoulders, equally splitting up to two-third the length; lobes 6, reflexed, linear or elliptic, 4 - 4.8 mm long. Stamens 6; filaments 3 - 3.5 mm long; anthers linear- oblong, adnate, 1.7 - 2 mm long. Ovary oblong, 2 - 2.5 mm long; style articulated just above base, 10 - 12 mm long; stigma broadly elliptic-ovate. Fruits urceolate, rugulose, surrounded by annular or subcordate collar with persistent stylar stub, 5 - 7 x 2.2 - 2.5 mm, pale yellow.
Fl. & Fr. Dec. - May.
Distrib. India: From sea level to 700 m altitude, reported on Mangifera indica. Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia to New Guinea.
Notes. Vessel pittings scalariform, narrow linear; fibres short, curved, usually angular with spicular projections.
Pollen triangular; P - 32 (36.6) 41 µm; E - 60 (70.8) 77 µm; P/E - 0.52 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.
Shrubs, 0.5 - 1 m tall; branches subterete. Leaves opposite or rarely alternate, elliptic or ovate, rounded or narrowed at base, shortly bluntly acuminate or subacute at apex, 8 - 11 x 2.5 - 7.5 cm, coriaceous, shiny above; lateral nerves 5 - 8 pairs; petioles 6 - 12 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, centrifugal pseudoracemes; peduncles 3 - 5-flowered, 1.5 - 4.5 cm long; flower buds erect, clavate, 1.3 - 1.5 cm long. Flowers 6-merous, 1.8 - 2 cm long; bracts partially united with bracteoles, ovate, 1 - 1.2 x 0.5 - 0.7 mm; bracteoles 2, incompletely connate, ovate; pedicels 1.5 - 2 mm long. Calyculus truncate with undulate margins, 0.3 - 0.5 mm long. Petals 6, united; tube terete, with distinct angular shoulders, equally splitting up to two-third the length; lobes 6, reflexed, linear or elliptic, 4 - 4.8 mm long. Stamens 6; filaments 3 - 3.5 mm long; anthers linear- oblong, adnate, 1.7 - 2 mm long. Ovary oblong, 2 - 2.5 mm long; style articulated just above base, 10 - 12 mm long; stigma broadly elliptic-ovate. Fruits urceolate, rugulose, surrounded by annular or subcordate collar with persistent stylar stub, 5 - 7 x 2.2 - 2.5 mm, pale yellow.
Fl. & Fr. Dec. - May.
Distrib. India: From sea level to 700 m altitude, reported on Mangifera indica. Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia to New Guinea.
Notes. Vessel pittings scalariform, narrow linear; fibres short, curved, usually angular with spicular projections.
Pollen triangular; P - 32 (36.6) 41 µm; E - 60 (70.8) 77 µm; P/E - 0.52 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.
