Dear Pinky, Yes it is a stem parasitic plant. Plants come under the family Loranthaceae (mistletoe family) are hemi-parasites. They take food from the host trees by means of penetrating roots called the haustoria. They take non-synthesized food, minerals and water as well hence they possess green leaves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loranthus http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/pathogengroups/pages/parasiticplants.aspx http://www.preservearticles.com/2011122118783/short-essay-on-parasitic-angiosperms.html Regards, Giby On 27 December 2011 14:40, Pinki <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear RB ji > > This is not a parasitic plant i suppose as it is green. this can be > termed as epiphyte... > > Alok > > On Dec 26, 10:26 pm, Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pl. find the attached file contain photo for id. request. > > > > Date: 26.12.2011 > > Location: Sathy, Erode Dist., > > Habitat: Wild > > Habit: Parasitic plant of Tamarind and Acacia > > > > Thanks > > > > B. Rathinasabapathy > > Project Co-ordinator > > Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park > > 1388, Avinashi Road > > Peelamedu > > Coimbatore-641004 > > > > <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml> > > > > parasitic plant.flower .jpg > > 106KViewDownload > > > > parasitic plant.flower closeuppg.jpg > > 49KViewDownload > > > > parasitic plant.jpg > > 216KViewDownload > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
