| Rubbery Mango Mistletoe |
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| File size | 276133 |
| Original date | 9/25/15 5:50 PM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 44.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 9.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 700D |
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Botanical name: Helicanthes elasticus Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)
Synonyms: Loranthus elasticus
Synonyms: Loranthus elasticus
Rubbery Mango Mistletoe is a semi-parasitic
dichotomously branched subshrub; branchlets woody, swollen at nodes,
hairless. Leaves are opposite, 4-8 x 1.5-4 cm, ovate or
elliptic-oblong, base blunt or flat, tip pointed or blunt, thickly
leathery, glaucous beneath, basally 3-nerved; stalkless or nearly
stalkless. Flowers are aggregated in short in leaf-axils fascicles.
Calyx is minute, flask-shaped, margin flat. Flower are white with green
stripes, 2.5-3.5 cm long, split lengthwise into 5 linear, twisted
petals. Stamens are 5, protruding, filaments crimson. Ovary about 1.5
mm long; style 3-3.5 cm long; stigma ovoid. Berry 6-8 x 3-3.5 mm,
obovoid, red. Rubbery Mango Mistletoe is endemic to Western Ghats.
Medicinal uses:
Rubbery Mango Mistletoe is a
less-known medicinally important mistletoe species. It is used to check
abortion, and also in vesical calculi and kidney affections. There are
no detailed studies reporting the antimicrobial potential of this
plant.
Medicinal uses:
Rubbery Mango Mistletoe is a
less-known medicinally important mistletoe species. It is used to check
abortion, and also in vesical calculi and kidney affections. There are
no detailed studies reporting the antimicrobial potential of this
plant. | Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra & Palladam, Tamil Nadu. |
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