Macrosolen globosus (Roxb.) Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 442. 1895. Loranthus globosus Roxb., Fl. Ind., eds. Carey & Wall.1: 187. 1820 & 2: 206. 1824; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 220. 1886. L. cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 195, 1790, p. p. Macrosolen cochinchinensis (Lour.) Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41: 122. 1894,p.p.

Branches not margined; nodes knotty. Leaves opposite or both opposite and alternate, elliptic, cuneate at base, obtuse or subacute at apex, 5 - 8.6 x 1.5 - 2 cm, coriaceous; lateral nerves 3 - 5 pairs; petioles 6 - 10 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, centrifugal pseudoracemes; peduncle 4 - 7-flowered, 1 - 2 cm long; flower buds clavate, 5 - 7 mm long. Flowers 6-merous, ca 12 mm long; bracts ovate, united with bracteoles, 1 - 1.5 x 0.5 - 0.6 mm; pedicels 1 - 1.3 mm long. Calyculus-tube 0.2 - 0.4 mm long. Petals 6, united; tube terete, splitting equally up to the middle, 4.5 - 5.2 mm long; lobes reflexed, elliptic or spathulate, 4 - 4.5 mm long. Stamens 6, 2.3 - 2.5 mm long; anthers elliptic-ovate, isothecate, 0.5 - 0.8 mm long. Ovary oblong, 1.5 - 2 mm long; style continuous, 4-gonous, as long as corolla; stigma capitate. Fruits globose, muriculate, mamillate without stylar stub, 4.5 - 5 x 4 - 4.5 mm, bluish black when dry.

Fl. & Fr. Throughout the year.

Distrib. India: Tropical areas in Eastern Himalayas and NE. India, up to moderate altitudes. Reported on Eugenia javanica and Ficus benjamina. West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Meghalaya.

Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Notes. Vessel pitting scalariform; fibres with specula projections.

Pollen triangular; P - 32 (33.6) 36 µm; E - 60 (60.6) 69 µm; P/E - 0.56 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.