- 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 IPNI) : Viscum nepalense Spreng.
- Habit : Shrub (Parasite)
- Key identification features : var.dichotoma differs from var. articulatum by stouter habit, much thicker and broader inter nodes.
- Flower, Fruit : November- June
- Collection Nos : KFP 6210, KFP 10395, CS 14380
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Native : Andaman Islands, Borneo, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Borneo, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 357
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Viscum nepalense. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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