Herbarium JCB

Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Etting.

Family : LORANTHACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Loranthaceae
Species : Dendrophthoe falcata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Ettingsh.
Common name : Long-leaved Mistletoe
Vernacular name : Vrushadani (San.); Bandanki, Marabaksha, Bende (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 9077, KFP 11015, CJS 12785
Key identification features : A perennial woody parasite with leaves of variable shape and texture. Flowers are long (2.5-5 cm), tubular, showy, with variable colours and arranged closely on a short inflorescence stalk. Fruit is a berry with viscid pulp.
Habit : Parasite
Comments : A common parasitic herb on a range of host trees.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere