• Family : LORANTHACEAE
  (Mistletoe Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BANDA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Loranthaceae
• Basionym : Loranthus falcatus L.f.
• Synonym(s) : Lonicera zeylanica Gaertn.; Dendrophthoe bicolor (Roxb.) Mart.; Dendrophthoe discolor Barlow; Dendrophthoe elegans (Wall. ex DC.) Mart.; Dendrophthoe falcata var. amplexifolia (DC.) Rajasek.; Dendrophthoe falcata var. pubescens (Hook.f.) V.Chandras.; Dendrophthoe indica (Desr.) Miq.; Dendrophthoe koenigiana (C.Agardh ex Schult.f.) Blume; Loranthus amplexifolius DC.; Loranthus bicolor Roxb.; Loranthus claviger Wall.; Loranthus elegans Wall. ex DC.; Loranthus falcatus L.f.; Loranthus imbricatus Edgew.; Loranthus indicus Desr.; Loranthus koenigianus C.Agardh ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Loranthus lineatus Edgew.; Loranthus longiflorus var. amplexifolius (DC.) Thwaites; Loranthus loniceroides J.Koenig ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Loranthus pentandrus B.Heyne ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Loranthus sarcophyllus Wall.; Loranthus wightianus Wall.; Scurrula amplexifolia G.Don; Scurrula bicolor G.Don; Scurrula elegans G.Don; Scurrula falcata (L.f.) G.Don; Scurrula indica G.Don; Scurrula koenigiana G.Don; Treubella indica Tiegh.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Ettingsh.
• Common name : Long-leaved Mistletoe
• Vernacular name :
  • Bandanki, Marabaksha, Bende (Kannada)
  • Ottu (Tamil)
  • Vrushadani (Sanskrit)
  • Bandgul (Marathi)
  • Chempoo, Chuvanna itthikkanni, Ithikkanni, Itthikkanni, Ithil, Kannirattinmelpulluni, Pullunni (Malayalam)
  • Madang, Malang, Bridhango (Oria)
  • Banda (Hindi)
  • Banika, Jiddu (Telugu)
• Habit : Parasite
• Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Often on plains to 1000m.
• Key identification features : Woody shrub, highly variable
• Flower, Fruit : December-May
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : All districts of Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Thailand, China, Malesia, Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
  • 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
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
  • Saldanha, 1996
  • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
  • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi
  • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 230
  • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 352
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dendrophthoe falcata. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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