Phoradendron nervosum

Oliv.

Suelda

Santalaceae Edible: Fruit 206 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A shrub that grows attached to other plants. The leaves are small and scale like and lack green material. The young stems are compressed. The flowers are of one sex. The male flowers are few and are in the upper part of the flowering arrangement. The fruit and flowers when ripe are orange.

Edible Uses

The fruit are edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows on trees in dry areas in the Andes.

Where It Grows

Colombia, Ecuador*, South America,

Synonyms

Phoradendron granaticola Trel.Phoradendron huehuetecum Standl. & Steyerm.Phoradendron mandonii EichlerPhoradendron pachanum Trel.Phoradendron pifoense Trel.Phoradendron roseanum Trel.Phoradendron semiteres Trel.Phoradendron taeniicaule RizziniPhoradendron trianae EichlerPhoradendron tubulosum Urb.Phoradendron turbinispicum Trel.Phoradendron verleysenii Trel.

Also Known As

Suelda

References (3)

Quintana, C. M., 2010, Wild Plants in the Dry Valleys Around Quito Ecuador. An Illustrated Guide. Publicationes del Harbario, QCA p 180
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 564 (Also as Phoradendron trianae)