Angled Leafless Mistletoe
Viscum angulatum
- Habit
- Parasite
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat
- Flowering
- March-September
How to identify Angled Leafless Mistletoe
Identify Angled Leafless Mistletoe by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a parasite habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Sharply angled green stem segments.
- Confirm leaf type: Leafless jointed green stems.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat.
- Confirm it sits within the Loranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Angled Leafless Mistletoe.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Viscum angulatum
- Genus
- Viscum
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Habit
- Parasite
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Leafless jointed green stemsrecorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Angled Leafless Mistletoe itself; the rest are typical of the Loranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Loranthaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Angled Leafless Mistletoe
A member of the Loranthaceae family, Angled Leafless Mistletoe (Viscum angulatum) is a parasitic plant. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to September.
Loranthaceae
Mistletoe Family
Angled Leafless Mistletoe belongs to the Loranthaceae family.
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