''Viscum rotundifolium'', the red-berry mistletoe, is a variable, wide-ranging and monoecious

mistletoe Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. They are attached to their host tree or shrub by a structure called the haustorium, through which they extract water and nutrients from the host plant. ...

of southern Africa. It is a hardy, evergreen hemiparasite with a catholic variety of host plants, including other mistletoes. It may be found from near sea level to 1,950 m. Its fleshy, leathery leaves are dark or pale green and variable in shape, though usually broadly ovate to elliptic. While its creamy-green flowers are small and inconspicuous, the fruit are a brilliant, shiny orange-red colour when ripe. It is similar to '' V. schaeferi'' Engl. & K.Krause and '' V. pauciflorum'' L.f. with which it may be confused.

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diversity in southern Africa, iziko museums {{Taxonbar, from=Q7935897 rotundifolium Parasitic plants Flora of Southern Africa