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Agelanthus pungu is a blue-green hemiparasitic mistletoe that grows on the branches of host trees rather than in soil, native to southeastern Africa. It is not grown as a garden or houseplant, so care is mostly about its host tree.
The blue-leaved mistletoe (Agelanthus pungu) is a species of perennial, parasitic plant in the family Loranthaceae, which is native to the southeastern Afrotropics.
A. pungu has been recorded in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, northeastern Namibia and northern South Africa. It is found from 150 to 2,100 meters in altitude.
Agelanthus atrocoronatus · Agelanthus igneus · Agelanthus kayseri · Agelanthus keilii · Agelanthus longipes · Agelanthus microphyllus · Agelanthus myrsinifolius · Natal Mistletoe · Agelanthus nyasicus · Agelanthus pennatulus · Agelanthus rondensis · Agelanthus uhehensis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agelanthus pungu 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.
