Parasite Honey Suckle
Macrosolen parasiticus
- Habit
- Shrub (Parasitic)
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- December-August
How to identify Parasite Honey Suckle
Identify Parasite Honey Suckle by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub (parasitic) habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Normal leafy shrub.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Macrosolen parasiticus
- Genus
- Macrosolen
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub (Parasitic)
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Normal leafy shrubrecorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Parasite Honey Suckle itself; the rest are typical of the Loranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“It has six, 5–6 mm long petals which are green and turned back.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruit is an ovoid berry, green, with persistent sepals.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Parasite Honey Suckle itself; the rest are typical of the Loranthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ചെമ്പൂ
About Parasite Honey Suckle
Parasite Honey suckle (Macrosolen parasiticus) belongs to the Loranthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu. It grows in semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to August.
Loranthaceae
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Parasite Honey Suckle belongs to the Loranthaceae family.
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