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Tapinanthus rubromarginatus
Also called Lighted Matches, Red Mistletoe
Bird Lime (Tapinanthus rubromarginatus), also called red mistletoe, is a deciduous, semi-parasitic shrub that grows on the branches of host trees. It is not grown as a garden plant in the usual sense, so care depends on its host.
Tapinanthus rubromarginatus, commonly known as red mistletoe, is a species of plant in the family Loranthaceae. The leaf margins are red as reflected by the specific name rubro-, meaning "red", and marginatus meaning "margin".
It is native to northern South Africa, northwards of the Vaal and Pongola Rivers, and to the uplands of western and northern Eswatini. The host plants include Protea afra, Protea roupelliae and Faurea saligna.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tapinanthus rubromarginatus 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.
