Scurrula parasitica
L., Sp. Pl. 110. 1753; Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Ser. 3, 10:
352. 1929. Loranthus scurrula L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 472. 1762; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 208. 1886. L.
laevigatus Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 302. 1830. L. scurrula L. var. laevigatus (Wall. ex DC.) Hook.f.,
l. c. 209. L. scurrula L. var. bengalensis Hook.f., l. c. 209.
Kh.: Dieng-mang-kariang; Nep.: Aijiru.
Shrubs, 1 - 3 m tall; branches and leaves covered with rusty candelabra hairs intermixed with stellate hairs when young, glabrous when old. Leaves opposite to subopposite, subsessile or petiolate, oblong-elliptic or ovate to orbicular, rounded or subcordate at base, obtuse or acute at apex, 8 - 12 x 2 - 6 cm, coriaceous; lateral nerves 4 - 8 pairs; petioles up to 1 cm long. Inflorescences axillary centrifugal pseudoracemes; peduncles 1 or 2 in each axil, each 2 - 8- flowered, 4 - 7 mm long, stellate hairy; flower buds club-shaped or spathulate, candelabra hairy. Flowers 2 - 2.5 cm long; bracts ovate or elliptic-ovate, 1.5 - 2 x ca 1 mm; pedicels 1 - 2 mm long. Calyculus obsolete or up to 4 mm long. Petals united; tube gibbous, median split up to two- third the length, 1.2 - 1.5 mm long, dark reddish brown outside, purplish inside; lobes sagittate, 5 - 6 mm long, greenish yellow. Stamens with 1.8 - 2.5 mm long filaments, purplish at base, reddish above; anthers oblong, 1.5 - 1.8 mm long. Ovary clavate, 2 - 2.3 mm long; style up to 1 mm long; stigma broadly conical. Fruits pyriform, 7 - 10 x 2.5 - 3 mm, smooth, pale green, rusty brown due to candelabra hairs.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Found on a variety of hosts along fringes of forests. Throughout the country.
Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Moluccas and Timor.
Notes. A variable species with respect to the foliage and inflorescence.
Mesophyll with abundant sclereids; few vessel members with large circular lateral openings; fibres moderately thick-walled, broad-lumened with or without a few undulated pits.
Pollen 3-lobed; P - 22 (30.1) 33 µm; E - 53 (56.3) 60 µm; P/E - 0.56 µm; ex. 2 µm; col 1µ m.
Shrubs, 1 - 3 m tall; branches and leaves covered with rusty candelabra hairs intermixed with stellate hairs when young, glabrous when old. Leaves opposite to subopposite, subsessile or petiolate, oblong-elliptic or ovate to orbicular, rounded or subcordate at base, obtuse or acute at apex, 8 - 12 x 2 - 6 cm, coriaceous; lateral nerves 4 - 8 pairs; petioles up to 1 cm long. Inflorescences axillary centrifugal pseudoracemes; peduncles 1 or 2 in each axil, each 2 - 8- flowered, 4 - 7 mm long, stellate hairy; flower buds club-shaped or spathulate, candelabra hairy. Flowers 2 - 2.5 cm long; bracts ovate or elliptic-ovate, 1.5 - 2 x ca 1 mm; pedicels 1 - 2 mm long. Calyculus obsolete or up to 4 mm long. Petals united; tube gibbous, median split up to two- third the length, 1.2 - 1.5 mm long, dark reddish brown outside, purplish inside; lobes sagittate, 5 - 6 mm long, greenish yellow. Stamens with 1.8 - 2.5 mm long filaments, purplish at base, reddish above; anthers oblong, 1.5 - 1.8 mm long. Ovary clavate, 2 - 2.3 mm long; style up to 1 mm long; stigma broadly conical. Fruits pyriform, 7 - 10 x 2.5 - 3 mm, smooth, pale green, rusty brown due to candelabra hairs.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Found on a variety of hosts along fringes of forests. Throughout the country.
Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Moluccas and Timor.
Notes. A variable species with respect to the foliage and inflorescence.
Mesophyll with abundant sclereids; few vessel members with large circular lateral openings; fibres moderately thick-walled, broad-lumened with or without a few undulated pits.
Pollen 3-lobed; P - 22 (30.1) 33 µm; E - 53 (56.3) 60 µm; P/E - 0.56 µm; ex. 2 µm; col 1µ m.
