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Struthanthus orbicularis

Botanic Family

Loranthaceae

Author

(Kunth) Eichler

Conservation Status

Near threatened

Common Names

• Hierba de Rosario (El Salvador)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Amapá
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• forest
• riverside
• disturbed areas
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• All Year (Nic)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Nic)

Climbing glabrous woody parasitic shrub with aerial roots. Coriaceous leaves to 70mm x 32mm. Red or yellow or greenish very fragrant flowers, green outside, white inside to 8mm long with bracts in axillary & terminal racemes to 120mm long , flowers with bracteoles, corolla 6mm long, 4 petals to 6.5mm long. Red berry to 10mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE
• FOG
• Gleason & Moldenke