• Family : LORANTHACEAE
  (Mistletoe Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BANDA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LORANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : 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 : Woody shrub
• 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
• World Distribution : South and SE.Asia
• 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.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Scurrula parasitica. Downloaded on 3 May 2024.

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