Viscum combreticola when young but smooth and orange when ripe. The species is vegetatively similar to "V. anceps" and artificially resembles the Asian species "V. dichotomum". Male inflorescences and fruit are required to separate it from "V. shirense" and "V. cylindricum". Viscum combreticola Viscum combreticola, the Combretum mistletoe, is a leafless, dioecious mistletoe shrub, occurring from southern to tropical Africa, in a broad zone following the Rift Valleys. Though it is typically a hemiparasite of "Combretum" species, it may also be found on "Terminalia" (Combretaceae), "Acacia", "Croton", "Diplorhynchus", "Dombeya", "Heteropyxis", "Maytenus", "Melia", "Strychnos" or "Vangueria". The much-branched twigs are flattened, ribbed and
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