Dufrenoya platyphylla (Spreng.) Stauffer

 
  • Family : SANTALACEAE
    (Sandalwood Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : Sandalwood Family
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Santalaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dendrotrophe heterantha (Wall. ex DC.) A.N.Henry & B.Roy; Dufrenoya heterantha (Wall. ex DC.) Chatin; Henslowia heterantha (Wall. ex DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson ex A.DC.; Hylomyza platyphylla (Spreng.) Danser; Viscum latifolium Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Viscum platyphyllum Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dendrotrophe platyphylla (Spreng.) N.H.Xia & M.G.Gilbert
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Subtropical and Warm broad-leaved forests, parasitic on Quercus etc., 300 - 1200 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Hemiparasitic, subscandent shrubs; Leaves alternate, obovate to suborbicular; Flowers in umbels, sessile; Fruits ellipsoid, red.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-June
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Nepal to China (North-West Yunnan) and 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
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 143
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 358
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dufrenoya platyphylla. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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