Scurrula fusca (Blume) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 421. 1834. Loranthus fuscus Blume, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 9: 192. 1823 & Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 660. 1826. L. malaccensis Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 210. 1886.

Branches and leaves rusty brown with candelabra hairs when young, glabrous when old. Leaves opposite, elliptic, narrowed at base, obtuse at apex, undulate along margins, 2.5 - 3.5 x 1.5 - 2 cm, subcoriaceous, rusty brown with candelabra hairs when young; lateral nerves 4 or 5 pairs; petioles 3.5 - 5 mm long. Inflorescences axillary compound dichasia; peduncle 1 or 2 in each axil, each 3 - 5-flowered, 2 - 4 mm long; flower buds erect, spathulate, rusty brown with persistent candelabra hairs, 1 - 1.2 cm long. Flowers curved, ventricose at base, gradually attenuating towards apex, 1.5 - 1.7 cm long; pedicels 2.5 - 3 mm long; bract ovate, 1.5 - 2 x 0.5 - 0.6 mm. Calyculus obsolete. Petals united; tube with median split for halfway the length, 9 - 11 mm long; lobes narrowly elliptic, ca 3.5 mm long. Stamens erect; filaments 2 - 3 mm long; anthers oblong to ovate, 1 - 1.2 mm long. Ovary obcuneate, 3.5 - 4 mm long; style 4-gonous; stigma ovate. Fruits pyriform, 6 - 7 x 2 - 2.5 mm, smooth, rusty brown with short candelabra hairs.

Fl. & Fr. Jan. - April.

Distrib. India: Evergreen lowland forests at sea level. Andaman Islands. Rare.

Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.

Notes. This species is a new record for India, characterised by slender twigs, small leaves, compound dichasium, tetragonous flower-buds, small flowers, corolla with median split extending up to half the length, erect stamens, obcuneate ovary and claviform endosperm without appressed scales.

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

Pollen 3-lobed; P - 26 (27.5) 30 µm; E - 37 (39.2) 44 µm; P/E - 0.70 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.