Tolypanthus lageniferus (Wight) Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 249. 1895. Loranthus lageniferus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. t. 306. 1840; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 218. 1886.

Branches glabrous. Leaves alternate or subopposite, elliptic-ovate, rounded at base, subacute or obtuse at apex, entire along margins, 7 - 9 x 3.5 - 6 cm, membranous to subcoriaceous, sparsely brown stellate hairy on both surfaces; lateral nerves 3 - 5 pairs; petioles 5 - 8 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary; peduncle solitary, 4 - 5 mm long, involucral bracts cupular, lobed, ca 2.5 x 2 cm, bright red, faintly veined; flower buds 2.5 - 3 cm long. Flowers in groups of 3 - 5, 3.5 - 4 cm long, glabrous except at base. Calyculus entire, 0.7 - 1 mm long. Petals red, 2.8 - 3.2 cm long; lobes 5, reflexed, linear, 6 - 8 mm long. Stamens erect; filaments 1.5 - 3 mm long; anthers linear-oblong, 2.3 - 3.5 mm long; anther-thecae 2 pairs. Ovary turbinate, white stellate hairy, 2 - 3 mm long; style tetragonous; stigma subglobose. Fruits ovoid to oblong, with unevenly rimmed persistent calyculus, 7 - 7.5 x 3 - 3.2 mm, smooth, minutely and sparsely white stellate hairy.

Fl. & Fr. June - Nov.

Distrib. India: Tropical and subtropical deciduous or semideciduous forests, up to 1200 m altitude, found on Adina cordifolia, Helicteres isora, Holarrhena pubescens and Olea dioica. Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala.

Endemic.

Notes. Sclereids abundant in mesophyll tissue. Vessels with lateral perforations; fibres thick-walled with narrow slit-like pits.

Pollen 3-lobed; P - 25 (27.3) 31 µm; E - 40 (45.7) 50 µm; P/E - 0.60 µm; ex. 2 µm; col. 1 µm.

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