| Indian Tolypanthus |
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| File size | 1294415 |
| Original date | 7/23/07 1:38 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 3.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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 | Photo: Prashant Awale |
Botanical name: Tolypanthus lagenifer Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)
Synonyms: Loranthus lageniferus
Synonyms: Loranthus lageniferus
Indian Tolypanthus is a parasitic shrub, native to South-West India. Stem lenticillate. Leaves opposite, reddish when young, ovate, base rounded; leaf-stalk 0.5 cm long. Flowers almost stalkless, sitting on woody stem, subtended by reddish, bell-shaped, 5-lobed, 2-3 cm long bract structure. Sepals are 5, triangular. Actual flower is inside the bell shaped bracts, 5-petalled, reddish; tube dilated above the middle. Stamens 5; filaments short; anthers linear, style erect; stigma capitate. Flowering: July-September.
| Photographed Ahupe ghat, Murbad, Maharashtra. |