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(Last Modified On 1/14/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/14/2013)
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Species
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ORYCTANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS (L.) Eichl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mart. Fl. Bras. 5, pt. 2:89. 1868.
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Synonym
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Loranthus occidentalis L. Syst. ed. 10. 988. 1774.
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Description
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Erect shrubs. Branches, terete, the branchlets slightly compressed, petioles (to 5 mm.. long) and peduncles (5-10 mm. long) rusty-furfuraceous, later sub- glabrate. Leaf blades very broadly ovate, almost orbicular at the base, scarcely constricted to the apex, this obtuse, thick and hard, nervation distinct or veinless, 3-10 cm. long, 2-8 cm. wide. Spikes solitary, to 3 cm. long; rachis glabrous. Bractlets with distinct margins. Flowers or buds becoming brown, 1-1.5 mm. long, perpendicular to the rachis. Fruit ovate, 4-5 mm. long, the apex not exceeded by the margin of the persistent calyculus.
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Habit
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shrub
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Distribution
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West Indies, Costa Rica, Panama.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Juan Mina, Piper 5703; around Las Cruces, Pittier 2622; Las Cascadas Plantation, Standley 25679; Santa Rita Trail, Cowell 74; without locality, Woodworth d Vestal 492; Chagres, Fendler I35; Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 700.
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