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Oryctanthus alveolatus

Botanic Family

Loranthaceae

Author

(Kunth) Kuijt

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Rondonia
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• floodplain forest
• savanna
• forest
• disturbed areas
• riversides
• seasonally inundated areas
• thorn forest

Flowering Times

• Jun All year (Nic)

Fruiting Times

• Jan All year (Nic)

Root-climbing glabrous epiphyte, hemi-parasitic liana or shrub with coriaceous leaves to 100mm x 50mm. Terminal or axillary spikesor racemes to 250mm long with bractlets, pale green or yellowish flowers to 3mm. White fruit with a purple base a berry to 5mm.

Further References

• Neotrop
• Mobot
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE