Taxillus courtallensis (Gamble) Danser in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. II, 29(6): 123. 1933. Loranthus courtallensis Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1252. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 877. 1957). L. bracteatus Rich. var. angustifolius Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 213. 1886.

Branches and leaves covered with pale brown abietiform hairs mixed with abundant stellate hairs showing banded appearance when young, glabrous when old; nodes prominently knotty with leaf-scars. Leaves alternate, obovate, narrowly cuneate at base, 2.5 - 3.5 x 0.8 - 1.5 cm, crustaceous, glabrous or sparsely stellate hairy; lateral nerves obscure, sometimes with 1 or 2 distinct pairs; petioles 3 - 6 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, simple dichasia; peduncle 1 or 2 in each axil, each 2 or 3-flowered, 3 - 4 mm long, hairy; flower buds 2 - 2.5 cm long, hairy. Flowers 5-merous, 2.8 - 3 cm long; pedicels 2 - 3 mm long; bracts boat-shaped, 5 - 6 x 2.5 - 3 mm. Calyculus 5-toothed. Petals 5, united; tube ventricose with median split up to half the length, 2 - 2.4 cm long; yellowish green, becoming orange-yellow; lobes 5, linear to oblong, reflexed, 4 - 5 mm long. Stamens 5, 2 - 2.5 mm long, greenish at base, red above; anthers oblong, ca 4 mm long; anther-thecae 2 pairs, 1.5 - 2 mm long. Ovary turbinate, 1.8 - 2 mm long; style 4-gonous, stigma subcapitate, minutely papillate. Fruits oblong-ellipsoid, 10 - 12 x 3 - 3.5 mm, usually smooth with persistent calyculus and hairy rim.

Fl. & Fr. June - Dec.

Distrib. India: Deciduous and semievergreen forests, up to 1000 m altitude. Tamil Nadu (southern districts).

Sri Lanka.

Notes. Vessel members with lateral wall perforations, pittings alternate; fibres excessively thick-walled, with narrow or much reduced lumen; pits absent.

Pollen 3-lobed; P - 24 (26) 28 µm; E - 44 (56.3) 57 µm; P/E - o.46 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.