''Plicosepalus acaciae'' (syn. ''Loranthus acaciae''), the acacia strap flower, is a species of

hemiparasitic A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the ...

flowering plant in the family

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ...

. It is native to northeastern Africa, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. As its common and scientific names suggest, it parasitizes acacias; '' Vachellia tortilis'' subsp. ''raddiana'' (formerly ''Acacia raddiana'') and ''V. t.'' subsp. ''tortilis'' (formerly ''A. tortilis''). It seeds are dispersed by the white-spectacled bulbul (''

Pycnonotus xanthopygos The white-spectacled bulbul (''Pycnonotus xanthopygos'') is a member of the bulbul family. It is in length with a wingspan of . These birds live in fruit plantations, gardens, and cities. It is the most common member of the bulbul family in Isr ...

'').

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Loranthaceae Parasitic plants Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Flora of Sinai Flora of Palestine (region) Flora of Lebanon Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Plants described in 1985 {{parasitic-plant-stub