Helixanthera ligustrina (Wall.) Danser

 
  • Family : LORANTHACEAE
    (Mistletoe Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BANDA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Loranthaceae
  • Basionym : Loranthus ligustrinus Wall.
  • Synonym(s) : Dendrophthoe ligustrina (Wall.) Mart.; Dithecina ligustrina (Wall.) Tiegh.; Gaiadendron ligustrinum (Wall.) Engl.; Helixanthera tenuis (Merr.) Danser; Loranthus tenuis Merr.; Phoenicanthemum ligustrinum (Wall.) Tiegh.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Helixanthera ligustrina (Wall.) Danser
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, As parasite on other plants in warm broad-leaved forest; 700 - 1100 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Found on a limited number of host, the few recorded are Eurya acuminata, Cedrela toona, Ficus clavata, Mallotus philippensis and Melia azedarach
  • Key identification features : Evergreen parasitic shrub; Leaves simple, sub-opposite or alternate, elliptic-lanceolate; margin smooth; Flowers in axillary racemes, sometime on leafless node, in pair or solitary, bisexual; sepals 4, fused; petals 4, free, red; stamens 4, style cylindric, 5-angled, stigma capitate; Fruits ellipsoid, green when young, brown when mature.
  • Flower, Fruit : February- July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to Indo-China, Philippines (Luzon)
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 212
    • 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: 146
    • Navendu Page., Aparajita Datta., Bibidishananda Basu (2022). Trees of Arunachal Pradesh-a field guide, Pg: 462-463
    • 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 :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Helixanthera ligustrina. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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