Helixanthera odorata

Helixanthera odorata (Wall.) Rajasek., J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 31: 184 2007. (syn: Hyphear hemsleyanum (King) Danser; Hyphear odoratum (Wall.) Danser; Loranthus delavayi van Tiegh. (ambiguous synonym); Loranthus delavayi van Tiegh. ex Lecomte (ambiguous synonym); Loranthus hemsleyanus King; Loranthus hexapetalus Buch.-Ham. ex Schult. fil.; Loranthus odoratus Wall.); . China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, […]

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Helixanthera intermedia

Helixanthera intermedia Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 317 1929. ; India: Evergreen forests, on a limited number of hosts, i. e. Cinnamomum spp., Helicteres isora, Machilus macrantha, etc. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as per BSI Flora of India; Glabrous shrubs. Leaves ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, base obtuse, truncate, or sub-cordate ; petiole 1 […]

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Helixanthera hookeriana

Helixanthera hookeriana Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 317 1929. ; . India: Found on Mallotus philippensis in hills of Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka as per BSI Flora of India; . Branches slender, tubercled, glabrous. Leaves to 10 x 3.5 cm, elliptic, acuminate, glabrous; petiole to 7 mm long. Spike to 7 cm long, […]

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Helixanthera obtusatus

Helixanthera obtusatus (Wall.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 10: 317 1929. (Syn: Loranthus obtusatus Wall.); . India: Mostly in subtropical and temperate evergreen forests of Western Ghats, at 1000 – 2300 m altitude, found on a variety of hosts. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as per BSI Flora of India; . ¿ hee-lick-ZAN-ther-uh ? […]

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Helixanthera parasitica

Helixanthera parasitica Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 142 1790. (Syn: Helicia parasitica (Lour.) Pers.; Leucobotrys adpressa Tiegh.; Loranthus adpressus (Tiegh.) Lecomte; Loranthus pentapetalus Roxb.); India: Tropical and subtropical warm evergreen forests, up to 1800 m altitude, found on restricted number of hosts, i. e. Dillenia sp., Antidesma acidum, Litsea polyantha, Quercus dealbata and Vatica lanceolata. West Bengal, […]

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Helixanthera ligustrina

Helixanthera ligustrina (Wall.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 317 1929. (Syn: Dithecina ligustrina (Wall.) Tiegh.; Gaiadendron ligustrinum (Wall.) Engl.); . India: Tropical or subtropical Himalayas, up to 1500 m altitude, found on a limited number of hosts, the few recorded are Eurya acuminata, Cedrela toona, Ficus clavata, Mallotus philippensis and Melia azedarach. Uttar […]

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Helixanthera wallichiana

Helixanthera wallichiana Danser , Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 319 1929. (Unresolved) (syn: Dendrophthoe wallichiana (Schult.f.) G.Don; Loranthus wallichianus Schult. & Schult.f. (Unresolved); Phoenicanthemum wallichianum Blume (unresolved)); . India: Moderate altitudes from 500 to 1500 m, found on a limited number of hosts, i. e. Cinnamomum wightii, Ficus asperrima and Memecylon malabaricum. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, […]

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