Viscum articulatum Burm. f.
Viscum articulatum Burm. f.
Viscum articulatum Burm. f.
Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 451 |
Synonym | : | Korthalsella moniliformis Lecomte.;
Viscum aphyllum Griff.;
Viscum attenuatum DC.;
Viscum compressum Poir.;
Viscum dichotomum D. Don.;
Viscum elongatum Wall.;
Viscum fragile Wall.;
Viscum opuntioides Heyne ex DC.;
Viscum philippense Llanos.;
Viscum platycaulon Bert. ex A. Gray.;
Viscum salicornoides A. Cunn.;
Viscum sertularia C.Presl.; |
Plant Common Name | : | K- Banda, Leafless Mistletoe, Jointed Mistletoe • Hindi: Budu, Pudu, Hurchu • Mizo: Lenpat • Marathi: Banda • Kannada: Badanike • Bengali: Mandala • Oriya: Madanga • Gujarati: Vando • Sanskrit: Kamini |
Plant Family | : | Santalaceae |
Description | : | Subshrubs often epiparasitic, monoecious, usually becoming pendulous, green, 20-50 cm tall. Branches opposite and decussate or dichotomous, flattened; internodes 1.5-2.5(-4) cm × 2-3(-3.5) mm, longitudinally 3-ridged. Leaves reduced to pairs of ± scarious scales. Inflorescences axillary, cymes 1-3 together; peduncle ± absent; 3-flowered, central flower female, lateral flowers male and often lacking; bracts 2, coalescent, forming a navicular involucre, ca. 1.5 mm. Male flowers globose in bud, 0.5-1 mm; perianth lobes 4. Female flower ellipsoid in bud, 1-1.5 mm; bract annular; perianth lobes 4, triangular, ca. 0.5 mm. Stigma cushion-shaped. Berry whitish or greenish white, globose, 3-4 mm in diam., smooth, base rounded. Fl. and fr. Jan-Dec. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Bori and Koktu |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Digestive, hypertension, ulcer, epilepsy, inflammation, wound, nephrotoxicity, HIV, cancer, etc. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: oleanolic acid; betulinic acid; eriodictyol; naringenin; beta-amyrin acetate; visartisides; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Eriodictyol; Naringenin; Betulinic acid; Oleanolic Acid; Betulin; |
Plant's Current Status | : | Rare, Endemic |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006584
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Leafless%20Mistletoe.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231455
- http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=120&type=4
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29034952 |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Yang Li, Yan-Li Zhao, Ning Huang, Yong-Tang Zheng, Yong-Ping Yang and Xiao-Li Li; "Two New Phenolic Glycosides from Viscum articulatum"; Molecules (2008); 13(10): 2500–2508 PMID : 18923341 ~ Patel BP and Singh PK; "Viscum articulatum Burm. f.: a review on its phytochemistry, pharmacology and traditional uses"; J Pharm Pharmacol (2018); 70(2): 159-177 PMID : 29034952 |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : |
Order | : Santalales |
Family | : Santalaceae |
Genus | : Viscum |
Species | : Viscum articulatum Burm. f. |