Plicosepalus acaciae

Plicosepalus acaciae
	On umbrella thorn acacia in the Jordan Rift Valley
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Loranthaceae
Genus:	Plicosepalus
Species:	P. acaciae
Binomial name
	Plicosepalus acaciae; (Zucc.) Wiens & Polhill
Synonyms
	List Loranthus acaciae Zucc.; Loranthus arabicus Deflers; Loranthus gibbosulus A.Rich.; Loranthus laetus R.Br.; Loranthus venustus Fenzl ex Eichler; Tapinostemma acaciae (Zucc.) Tiegh.; Tapinostemma arabicum (Deflers) Tiegh.; Tapinostemma venustum (Fenzl ex Eichler) Tiegh.; ;

Plicosepalus acaciae (syn. Loranthus acaciae), the acacia strap flower or acacia mistletoe, is a species of hemiparasitic flowering plant in the family Loranthaceae.^[2] It is native to northeastern Africa, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula.^[1] 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) and grow directly out of the bark of the acacia tree.^[3] It also commonly provides nectar for the Palestine sunbird.