Taxillus vestitus (Wall.) Danser

 
  • Family : LORANTHACEAE
    (Mistletoe Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BANDA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Santalaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dendrophthoe vestita (Wall.) Blume; Loranthus vestitus Wall.; Scurrula vestita (Wall.) G.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Taxillus vestitus (Wall.) Danser
  • Common name : Rusty Mistletoe
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Forests, mountain slopes; 1800 - 3000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Large shrubs; branches brownish tomentose; Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, tawny-tomentose beneath; Flowers in axillary fascicles or shortly peduncled umbels, white; Fruits ellipsoid, orange.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-January
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Kameng
  • Native : China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and North Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 213
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 356
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Taxillus vestitus. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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