| Three-Angled Mistletoe |
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| File size | 521942 |
| Original date | 11/21/16 11:38 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 105.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dendrophthoe trigona Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)
Synonyms: Elytranthe trigona
Synonyms: Elytranthe trigona
Three-Angled Mistletoe is a parasitic shrub with
branches to 15 mm thick, rugose, hairless. Branchlets are triangular in
cross section. Leaves are up to 20 x 13 cm, ovate, blunt, pointed at
base, leathery; leaf-stalk 1.5 cm long, flattened or winged. Flowers
are borne in racemes up to 3 cm long; bracts cup shaped. Flowers are
pink; calyx cup-shaped, flat, hairless. Flower tube is 1.5-2.0 cm long,
split to the middle. Berry is 1 x 0.5 cm, obovoid. Three-Angled
Mistletoe is endemic to Western Ghats. Flowering: May-September.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka. |
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