Angled Leafless Mistletoe is a parasitic leaf less
shrubs, with branches 4-angled, drooping, slightly broadened near the
tip of the internode, smooth. Flowers are solitary or 3-together, in
leaf-axils, all female, all male or middle one female and laterals
male. tepals in male flowers 4, triangular, fused below; stamens 4,
epiphyllous, anthers stalkless; ovary obovoid, style short or absent.
Berry is 5 x 5 mm, spherical, yellowish. Angled Leafless Mistletoe is
native to Indo-Malesia. Flowering: March-April.
Identification credit: Mayur Mahendra Bhagwat
Photographed in Mulshi, Pune, Maharashtra.
• Is this flower misidentified?
If yes,
Your name: Your email: Your comments
The flower labeled Angled Leafless Mistletoe is ...