Scurrula atropurpurea (Blume) Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Ser. 3, 10: 349. 1929. Loranthus atropurpureus Blume in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 9: 186. 1823.

Branches rusty brown due to the elongated candelabra hairs intermixed with stellate hairs when young, glabrous when old. Leaves usually opposite, broadly ovate, rounded or slightly narrowed at base, acute or subacute at apex, 8 - 12 x 3 - 6 cm, coriaceous, glabrous above, rusty stellate tomentose beneath; lateral nerves 5 - 7 pairs; petioles 5 - 7 mm long, glabrous in old age. Inflorescences axillary, centrifugal pseudoracemes; peduncles 1 or 2 in each axil, each 8 - 10- flowered, candelabra hairy, up to 3.5 mm long; flower buds erect, tetragonous, spathulate, ca 1.5 cm long. Flowers erect, with stalk-like lower portion and abruptly enlarged upper portion, later ventricose at base, 1.7 - 1.9 cm long; pedicels 2.5 - 3 mm long; bracts ovate, 1.5 - 2 x 0.5 - 0.7 mm. Petals united; tube ventricose at base; median split extending up to two-third the length, 10 - 12 mm long; lobes narrowly elliptic, 4 - 5 mm long. Stamens erect; filaments 2 - 3 mm long; anthers linear. Ovary obcuneate, 3 - 3.5 mm long; style tetragonous; stigma subglobose. Fruits pyriform, brown candelabra hairy, with tubercles and reticulate markings on surface, 9 - 10 x 3.5 - 4 mm.

Fl. & Fr. March - Nov.

Distrib. India: Eastern Himalayas and North-east India, at high altitudes, found on Glochidion thomsonii. Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Java, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands and Moluccas.

Notes. Vessels with lateral wall perforations, pittings alternate; fibres excessively thick- walled, lumened, pittings reduced .

Pollen 3-lobed; P - 22 (25.9) 30 µm; E - 42 (43.4) 47 µm; P/E - 0.60 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.

Chromosome number reported is n = 8 (Rausch in Ber. Schweinz. Bot. Ges. 45: 5 - 61. 1936).