| Heart-Leaf Mistletoe |
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| File size | 122823 |
| Original date | 8/17/15 9:09 AM |
| Resolution | 1000 x 750 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 23.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/4000s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | FinePix HS35EXR |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Scurrula cordifolia Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)
Synonyms: Loranthus cordifolius, Dendrophthoe cordifolia
Synonyms: Loranthus cordifolius, Dendrophthoe cordifolia
Heart-Leaf Mistletoe is a parasitic shrub. Young
shoots and leaves are covered with a tawny, appressed hairs. Leaves are
opposite, broadly ovate, 5-9 cm long, 2.5-6 cm broad, hairless when
mature. Leaf-stalks are 4-9 mm long. Flowers are 2-2.5 cm long,
velvety, borne in fascicles in leaf axils. Flower-stalks are 2 mm long,
buds pointed. Calyculus is short, entire. Flower-tube is curved,
greenish-brown, velvety, petals 4, pointed. Stamens are 4, filaments
crimson. Stigma is club-shaped. Berry is 6-7 mm long, ellipsoid to
top-shaped. Heart-Leaf Mistletoe is found in the Himalayas, from
Kashmir to Nepal, and other parts of India. Flowering:
November-January.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Morni Hills, Haryana & Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
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