Common name: Honey Suckle Mistletoe • Hindi: बंदा Banda, बंदा पाठा Banda Patha • Marathi: वंदा Vanda, बंदगुल Bandgul • Tamil: புல்லுரீ Pulluri, புல்லுருவீ Pulluruvi, உசீ Uchi • Malayalam: Ittikkanni • Telugu: జిద్దూ Jiddu, యెలింగా Yelinga • Kannada: ಮದುಕ Maduk, Badanike • Konkani: Bemdram • Gujarati: વંદો Vando • Sanskrit: Vrksadani
Botanical name: Dendrophthoe falcata var. coccinea Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)
Red Honey Suckle Mistletoe is a large branch parasite.
It is a shrub which is
much branched, 1-3 m long. Branches are swollen from the base, and the bark
is dark gray. Oppositely arranged leaves are 7-15 cm long, variable in
shape. Leaf stalks are 1 cm long, and the midriff is red. Flowers occur in
stout racemes in leaf axils. The flowers buds look like long red tubes.
Flower tube is 3-5 cm long, red, The five narrow
petals or lobes of the flower tube, greenish or yellowish, are upturned.
Stamens, 4-6 protrude out of the flower. The green style is slender and is
longer than the stamens. The plant has a very close cousin with white flowers,
Honey Suckle Mistletoe.
Found Flowering: October.
Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar, Stephen, Aparna Watve, Swagat, Dinesh Valke & Shrikant Ingalhalikar
| Photographed near Thoseghar waterfall, Satara, Maharashtra. |
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