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Agelanthus igneus

Agelanthus igneus is a hemiparasitic mistletoe-like plant from southeastern Tanzania and northern Mozambique that grows attached to host tree branches. It is not grown as a garden or houseplant, and its care is set by its host trees rather than by the grower.

Family
Loranthaceae (Loranth family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Temperature
Seasonally dry tropical climate; frost-free conditions only
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Tanzania to N. Mozambique
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Agelanthus igneus is a species of hemiparasitic plant in the family Loranthaceae, which is native to Mozambique and Tanzania.

Where it grows

A. igneus is found in riverine forest and coastal bushland. Known hosts are Grewia and Combretum.

Other Agelanthus plants

Agelanthus atrocoronatus · Agelanthus kayseri · Agelanthus keilii · Agelanthus longipes · Agelanthus microphyllus · Agelanthus myrsinifolius · Natal Mistletoe · Agelanthus nyasicus · Agelanthus pennatulus · Agelanthus pungu · Agelanthus rondensis · Agelanthus uhehensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agelanthus igneus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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