Scientific Name: Amylotheca dictyophleba

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  • Pronunciation:
    ah-mile-oh-THEE-cah dick-tee-oh-FLEE-bah
  • Common Name:
    Brush mistletoe
  • Type:
    shrub epiphyte parasite , Mistletoe
  • Family:
    LORANTHACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Summer - red tipped with green
  • Fruit:
    Bright red, globular, contain thick sticky pulp. Birds wipe bills on branch to dispose of seed.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Rainforest
  • Species List:
    NNP service road, Fraser Island, Janet, Batianoff 87,
Identification Notes

Flowers held upright. As well as directly entering the tissues of the host tree, it extends by the use of stem runners. Parasitises a wide range of rainforest hosts Leaves broad and pointed.

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Amaryllis azure, Candalides margarita margarita.