I guess matching with https://efloraofindia.com/species/a---l/l/loranthaceae/dendrophthoe/dendrophthoe-falcata ! Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 6:30 PM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding for ID > Distributed as Dendrophthoe falcata ? > <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/25/dendrophthoe-falcata-1/> > Group discussion at > Which Loranthus species? ID230608JM (google.com) > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/dPvBsKVt2PY> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: JM Garg <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 23, 2008 at 9:24:00 PM UTC+5:30 > Subject: Which Loranthus species? ID230608JM > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > On 22/6/08 in Hyderabad, AP. Initial Id- courtesy Chandra Mohan ji. I > found this parasitic plant in my office campus as well as in residential in > Lalaguda, Secunderabad. It appears quite common here. I think this is liked > very much by the Flowerpeckers i.e. why I am finding them everywhere in > Hyderabad. > > Here are some extracts from Wikipedia link on *Loranthus*: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loranthus > > *Loranthus* is a genus of parasitic plants that grow on the branches of > woody trees. > > Distribution > > Throughout the world. Occurs in plenty in Kerala > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala> India, as a menace on Mango > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango> trees (*Mangifera indica > <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mangifera_indica&action=edit&redlink=1>* > ). > > Characteristics > > These plants grows strongly on ageing trees particularly somewhere in the > middle of old branches. Once established, it quickly steals the nutrients > and sunlight by covering the encroached place such that the branch of the > host tree is rendered weak and inactive. *Loranthus* blooms are rose in > colour. It becomes a menace over a period of time for the struggling trees > by stealing the sunlight needed for photosynthesis. > > Control > > Cutting the branch affected by *Loranthus* before it spreads to other > branches of the tree may be a method.[*citation needed > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*] However, using > larvae of the Common Jezebel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Jezebel> > butterfly would be the best method of natural control.[*citation needed > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*] The leaves of > *Loranthus* are food for the larvae. The larvae grow in scores and hence > can quickly eat away the leaves of *Loranthus*. Moreover, the larvae > undergo metamorphosis later into beautiful butterflies called Common > Jezebel which are very good pollinators > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinators> and hence useful for trees. > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/8acee4bf-d138-48b2-b84a-9d4c70dd8e75n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/8acee4bf-d138-48b2-b84a-9d4c70dd8e75n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytQCHq-1oOaYk5YPokQO6F%3DH3NELSk6kmxD%3D%3Dt%3D%2BHzrk1g%40mail.gmail.com.
