Scurrula cordifolia (Wall.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 421. 1834. Loranthus cordifolius Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind., eds. Carey & Wall. 2: 222. 1824; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 209. 1886.

Branches and leaves densely covered with rusty brown shiny elongated candelabra hairs when young, glabrous when old. Leaves opposite, broadly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, rounded or cordate at base, obtuse at apex, 6 - 14 x 3 - 7 cm, crustaceous; lateral nerves 5 - 8 pairs; petioles 1.4 - 2.2 cm long. Inflorescences centrifugal pseudoracemes; peduncles 2 or 3 in each axil, each 3 - 5-flowered, 2 - 5 mm long, rusty brown candelabra hairy; flower buds spathulate, 1.5 - 2 cm long, densely candelabra hairy. Flowers 2 - 2.5 cm long, orange-red; bracts ovate, 1.5 - 2 x 0.6 - 0.7 mm. Calyculus with annular hairy rim. Petals united; tube with median split extending up to half the length, 1.5 - 1.8 cm long; lobes narrowly elliptic-ovate, 5 - 6 mm long. Stamens recurved; filaments 4 - 5 mm long; anthers oblong. Ovary clavate, 3.5 - 4 mm long; style 4-gonous; stigma conical, minutely papillate. Fruits pyriform, 8 - 10 x 3.5 - 4 mm, smooth, mealy tomentose with shiny rusty brown elongated candelabra hairs.

Fl. & Fr. Feb. - Dec.

Distrib. India: Tropical and subtropical regions, above 1000 m altitude, found on a variety of hosts. Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Notes. Few vessel members with a few large circular lateral openings; fibres moderately thick-walled, broad lumened with or without a few reduced pits.

Pollen 3-lobed; P - 28 (31.1) 35 µm; E - 53 (57) 66 µm; P/E - 0.54 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.