| South Indian Mistletoe |
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| File size | 348293 |
| Original date | 5/5/08 11:15 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1360 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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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 coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, blunt tipped, base acute. Flowers to
2 cm long, greenish-red, few, in condensed spikes in leaf axils. Peduncle
carrying the spike is stout, 5-8 mm long. Bracts are to 5 mm long, ovate,
acute 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 | Photographed in Phansad Wild Life Sanctuary, Maharashtra. |
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