Decaisnina signata
( Ferdinand von Mueller ex George Bentham, 1867) Phillippe Édouard Léon van Tieghem, 1895.
LORANTHACEAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Ken Harris

(updated 21 July 2008)

This Mistletoe is found mainly on species of

  • Barringtonia ( LECYTHIDACEAE ),
  • Planchonia ( LECYTHIDACEAE ), and
  • Ficus ( MORACEAE )

    in the monsoon forest of the Northern Territory.

    It has elliptical leaves with a length of 8 to 15 cms., and a width of 2 to 5 cms. The flowers are orange and yellow with a length of 2 to 3 cms. The fruits are spherical with a diameter of about 1 cm.

    This is the foodplant of the Caterpillars of :

    Delias argenthona

    Ogyris zosine

    Candalides gilberti

    Birthana cleis

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