Taxillus tomentosus Tiegh.

 
  • Family : LORANTHACEAE
    (Mistletoe Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BANDA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LORANTHACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
  • Habit : Parasite
  • Habitat : Evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests
  • Flower, Fruit : December-January
  • Collector(s) Name : SR Ramesh & SB Manohar
  • Collection Nos : KFP 7594
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Mysuru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Gamble, 1925. Fl. Pres. Madra. Vol 1.pp. 1252.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Taxillus tomentosus. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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