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Red Honey Suckle Mistletoe
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Red Honey Suckle Mistletoe
ative Photo: Dinesh Valke
Common name: Honey Suckle Mistletoe • Hindi: बंदा Banda, बंदा पाठा Banda Patha • Marathi: वंदा Vanda, बंदगुल Bandgul • Tamil: புல்லுரீ Pulluri, புல்லுருவீ Pulluruvi, உசீ Uchi • Malayalam: Ittikkanni • Telugu: జిద్దూ Jiddu, యెలింగా Yelinga • Kannada: ಮದುಕ Maduk, Badanike • Konkani: Bemdram • Gujarati: વંદો Vando • Sanskrit: Vrksadani
Botanical name: Dendrophthoe falcata var. coccinea    Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)

Red Honey Suckle Mistletoe is a large branch parasite. It is a shrub which is much branched, 1-3 m long. Branches are swollen from the base, and the bark is dark gray. Oppositely arranged leaves are 7-15 cm long, variable in shape. Leaf stalks are 1 cm long, and the midriff is red. Flowers occur in stout racemes in leaf axils. The flowers buds look like long red tubes. Flower tube is 3-5 cm long, red, The five narrow petals or lobes of the flower tube, greenish or yellowish, are upturned. Stamens, 4-6 protrude out of the flower. The green style is slender and is longer than the stamens. The plant has a very close cousin with white flowers, Honey Suckle Mistletoe. Found Flowering: October.

Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar, Stephen, Aparna Watve, Swagat, Dinesh Valke, Shrikant Ingalhalikar & J.M. Garg Photographed in Maharashtra.

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