Family
Loranthaceae
Genus
Oryctanthus
9/16/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph, W. Quizhpe
Notes
Hemi-parasite, growing on host tree, branched. Green leaves thick and fleshy. Fruits dark wine-red, elliptic, with circular scar at apex of fruit.