| Oriental Mistletoe |
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| Original date | 3/21/15 7:34 AM |
| Resolution | 1560 x 1170 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Viscum orientale Family: Santalaceae (Sandalwood family)
Synonyms: Viscum montanum, Viscum roxburghianum, Viscum pamattonis
Synonyms: Viscum montanum, Viscum roxburghianum, Viscum pamattonis
Oriental Mistletoe is a parasitic shrub with leaves
opposite, 8 x 3 cm, spoon-shaped, tip pointed, entire to minutely
rounded toothed, basally 3-5 nerved, leathery. Flowers are borne in
leaf-axils in triads, lateral flowers male and central flowers female;
bracts 1.5 mm, ovate. Male flowers have 4 tepals, 1 mm, ovate; stamens
4. Female flowers have 4 tepals, 1 mm, ovate; ovary 0.6 mm, stigma
rounded. Berry is green, pea-sized, obovoid to spherical. Oriental
Mistletoe is found in Indo-Malesia and Australia. Flowering:
November-March
Medicinal uses:
Oriental Mistletoe is used as
a substitute for nux-vomica. Poultice of leaves is used for neuralgia;
ashes of the plant for the treatment of skin diseases.
Medicinal uses:
Oriental Mistletoe is used as
a substitute for nux-vomica. Poultice of leaves is used for neuralgia;
ashes of the plant for the treatment of skin diseases. | Identification credit: J.M. Garg, Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Bangalore, Karnataka. |
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