| Nilgiri Mistletoe |
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| File size | 461501 |
| Original date | 10/26/14 11:53 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 142.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| 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: 
Dendrophthoe neelgherrensis Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)
Synonyms: Loranthus neelgherrensis
Dendrophthoe neelgherrensis Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)Synonyms: Loranthus neelgherrensis
Nilgiri Mistletoe is a large woody parasitic shrub.
Branches are transversally wrinkled, hairless. Leaves are up to 7-10 x
3.5 cm, obovate, blunt, leathery, narrowed to the base, stalk up to 7
mm long. Flowers are borne 3-6 together in cymes in leaf axils. Stalks
of the cluster is 7 mm long, slender. Bracts are small, ovate,
flower-stalks 3 mm long, puberulus, calyx obscurely toothed. Flowers
are 1.5-2.0 cm long, yellow, cut to below the middle, petals recurved.
Berry is 7 x 4 mm, obovoid. Nilgiri Mistletoe is found in South India
and Sri Lanka. Flowering: March-July.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. |
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