Semi-parasitic epiphytic shrub ; up to 1 m tall , dependent on the host plant for water and nutrients , glabrous throughout . Stems erect to ascending , branched . Leaves alternate in clusters , 7-40 x 2-20 mm , broadly oblong to oblanceolate to oblong-ovate , thick , leathery , apex rounded , base rounded , margins entire , glabrous , obscurely 3-5-nerved ; petiole 5 ± mm . Inflorescences clustered in the leaf axils ; peduncle 0-5 mm ; pedicel 3-6 mm . Flowers bright red , with reflexed lobes ; calyx cupular , tending to split ; corolla bright-red , 5-lobed , lobes fused below into a tube ± 8 mm long , with 4-5 paired folds inside ; lobes 20-30 mm , linear , with a small protuberance near the base , becoming reflexed and twisting ; stamens 5 , attached to the corolla lobes , straight or incurving slightly at anthesis ; ovary inferior . Fruit berry , 5-7 x 10-12 mm , ovoid , bright-scarlet red , glossy , crowned by the calyx , sticky when mature , 1-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Common
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Loranthus acaciae Zucc.
Tapinostemma acaciae (Zucc.) Tiegh.
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Acacia Strap Flower
Miller & Morris (1988) wrote that: "This parasite grows up and through the crown of the host tree and spreads over it a carpet of foliage and flower. The yellow-flowered and red-flowered varities are not differentiated by name in Dhofar, and both were used in the tanning of leather. The little bunches of flowering material and growing tips [J: otkenut etoob, isodot] were gathered, great care being taken not to pull out the fragile roots from the branches in the process. Then the material was spread out to dry. When needed for tanning the dried material was crushed and ground as finely as possible, then mixed with water (or oil, which was better for some skins such as the milk and butter-making skins) and kneaded to a paste. This was spread over the skin which had already been treated to remove the hair. The skin was then kneaded, pounded and
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*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
