Taxillus vestitus
(Wall.) Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Ser. 3, 10: 355. 1929.
Loranthus vestitus Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind., eds. Carey & Wall. 2: 218. 1824; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India
5: 213. 1886. Scurrula vestita (Wall.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 422. 1834.
Kh.: Soh-meka-riang.
Branches cinnamomeous candelabra hairy, mixed with pale brown shiny stellate hairs when young, glabrous when old. Leaves opposite and subopposite, ovate or ovate-elliptic, narrowed and rounded at base, recurved along margins, subacute or obtuse at apex, 2.5 - 9 x 1.8 - 3.8 cm, crustaceous, cinnamomeous hairy on both surfaces when young, glabrous above and hairy beneath when old; lateral nerves 4 - 6 pairs; petioles (3 -) 7 - 10 (- 12) mm long. Inflorescences axillary, simple dichasia, shortly peduncled or sessile, usually 3 in each axil, bearing 2 or 3 flowers; peduncles, if present, 0.8 - 1 mm long; flower buds 1.5 - 1.7 cm long, brown hairy. Flowers sessile, 4-merous, 2 - 2.5 x 1 - 2.2 mm. Calyculus annular. Petals 4, united; tube articulate at base, with median split up to half way, 1.4 - 1.7 cm long, brown tomentose outside; lobes 4, spathulate 4 - 5 mm long. Stamens 4, 3 - 4 mm long; filaments flat; anthers oblong-elliptic. Ovary subturbinate, 2 - 3 mm long; style 4-gonous; stigma capitate. Fruits broadly ellipsoid, 8 - 12 x 3 - 3.5 mm, orange when ripe, sparsely cinnamomeous hairy when young, papillate when old.
Fl. & Fr. July - Feb.
Distrib. India: Tropical regions of Eastern Himalayas and North-east India, 1000 to 1800 m altitude, on Quercus griffithii and Symplocos spicata, in rain forests. Uttarakhand, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
Pakistan, Nepal and China.
Notes. Wood reddish white, compact, close-grained; vessels with lateral perforations, pittings alternate, circular to ovate; fibres thick-walled, broad-lumened with reduced pits.
Pollen 3-lobed; P - 18 (21.2) 25 µm; E - 28 (36.9) 44 µm; P/E - 60 µm; ex. 1.5 µm; col. 0.5 µm.
Branches cinnamomeous candelabra hairy, mixed with pale brown shiny stellate hairs when young, glabrous when old. Leaves opposite and subopposite, ovate or ovate-elliptic, narrowed and rounded at base, recurved along margins, subacute or obtuse at apex, 2.5 - 9 x 1.8 - 3.8 cm, crustaceous, cinnamomeous hairy on both surfaces when young, glabrous above and hairy beneath when old; lateral nerves 4 - 6 pairs; petioles (3 -) 7 - 10 (- 12) mm long. Inflorescences axillary, simple dichasia, shortly peduncled or sessile, usually 3 in each axil, bearing 2 or 3 flowers; peduncles, if present, 0.8 - 1 mm long; flower buds 1.5 - 1.7 cm long, brown hairy. Flowers sessile, 4-merous, 2 - 2.5 x 1 - 2.2 mm. Calyculus annular. Petals 4, united; tube articulate at base, with median split up to half way, 1.4 - 1.7 cm long, brown tomentose outside; lobes 4, spathulate 4 - 5 mm long. Stamens 4, 3 - 4 mm long; filaments flat; anthers oblong-elliptic. Ovary subturbinate, 2 - 3 mm long; style 4-gonous; stigma capitate. Fruits broadly ellipsoid, 8 - 12 x 3 - 3.5 mm, orange when ripe, sparsely cinnamomeous hairy when young, papillate when old.
Fl. & Fr. July - Feb.
Distrib. India: Tropical regions of Eastern Himalayas and North-east India, 1000 to 1800 m altitude, on Quercus griffithii and Symplocos spicata, in rain forests. Uttarakhand, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
Pakistan, Nepal and China.
Notes. Wood reddish white, compact, close-grained; vessels with lateral perforations, pittings alternate, circular to ovate; fibres thick-walled, broad-lumened with reduced pits.
Pollen 3-lobed; P - 18 (21.2) 25 µm; E - 28 (36.9) 44 µm; P/E - 60 µm; ex. 1.5 µm; col. 0.5 µm.
