| South Indian Mistletoe |
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| File size | 1005106 |
| Original date | 6/19/15 4:15 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 215.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-HX400V |
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Botanical name: Macrosolen capitellatus Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)
Synonyms: Loranthus capitellatus
Synonyms: Loranthus capitellatus
South Indian Mistletoe is a hairless, parasitic
shrub. Oppositely arranged leaves are leathery, ovate-lanceshaped,
blunt tipped, base pointed. Flowers are up to 2 cm long, greenish-red, few,
in condensed spikes in leaf axils. Flower-cluster-stalk carrying the
spike is stout, 5-8 mm long. Bracts are to 5 mm long, ovate, pointed or
apiculate. Sepal tube is 5 mm long. Flowers variegated in bud, tube 7 mm
long, reddish, broad upwards, more or less straight. Six petals, to 1.3
cm long, spoon-shaped, turned back, greenish. Six stamens protrude out
of the flower. South Indian Mistletoe is found in South India, Sri Lanka,
Myanmar. Flowering: April-May.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Navendu Pāgé | Photographed in Satara & Phansad Wild Life Sanctuary, Maharashtra. |
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