Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Loranthaceae | Genus: Scurrula | Species: Scurrula cordifolia (Wall.) G. Don( जंगली बाँदा ) |
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| Synonym | Loranthus cordifolius Wall. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Jungali banda | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Heart-Leaf Mistletoe | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Jungali banda | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruits clavate, ovoid, black when ripe, crowned by cup-shaped calyculus. |
| Habitat | Sub Himalayan tracats, parasitic on trees. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Almost throughout India; Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Australia. | Bark Details | Smooth |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Parasitic, bushy shrub, young shoots and leaves clothed with rusty or white scurfy tomentum. Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate, 5-8 x 3.5-6 cm, base subcordate, apex obtuse or subacute, lower surface densely tomentose. Flowers 1.8-2.4 cm long, arranged in short, lateral 2-chotomous corymbs, densely rufous or tomentose. Perianth tube curved, widened upwards, red or orange; lobes 4, linear reflexed, green or yellowish. Fruits clavate, ovoid, 8-10 mm long, black when ripe, crowned by cup-shaped calyculus. | Leaf Details | Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate, 5-8 x 3.5-6 cm, base subcordate, apex obtuse or subacute, lower surface densely tomentose. |
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