• Family : LORANTHACEAE
  (Mistletoe Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BANDA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SANTALACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Viscum articulatum var. dichotomum Kurz
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Viscum articulatum Burm. f.
• Vernacular name : Malang (Oria); Pand, Budu, Vadaka, Bondala (Hindi); Katta banika (Telugu)
• Habit : Parasite
• Comments / notes : Often on hills of deciduous forests above 500m.
• Key identification features : Woody shrub
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Odisha : All districts of Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, China, Malaysia, Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Viscum articulatum. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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