- Family : LORANTHACEAE
(Mistletoe Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BANDA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Loranthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Cichlanthus scurrula (L.) Tiegh.; Dendrophthoe scurrula (L.) Blume; Loranthus scurrula L.; Scurrula roxburghii G.Don; Taxillus parasiticus (L.) S.T.Chiu
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Scurrula parasitica L.
- Common name : Pomegranate Honey suckle
- Vernacular name :
- Malang, Madang (Oria)
- Banda (Hindi)
- Habit : Shrub (Parasitic)
- Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Common on hills above 600m on deciduous trees
- Key identification features : Hemiparasitic shrubs, up to 2 m high; young parts rusty tomentose; Leaves elliptic, elliptic-oblong or obovate; Flowers in axillary fascicles or short racemes, yellowish or greenish purple; Fruits pyriform.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 21/03/2013
- Collection Nos : FAP 41886
- Collection Locality : Kalasamudram forest, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 355-356
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Scurrula parasitica. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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