Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Dendrophthoe falcata
Scientific Name and Description
Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Ettingsh.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Loranthus falcatus L.F.
Loranthus longiflorus DESR.
Loranthus pentandrus HEYNE. EX SCHULT.F.
Loranthus longiflorus DESR.
Loranthus pentandrus HEYNE. EX SCHULT.F.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | adharvela, bahda, banda, kang, lasan, narate, parand, Banda, Banda, Bandak |
| Kannada | badanike, banda, bandanike, bandarike, kasarakabandanike, kasrakanabandanige, kesarakabandanike, madana ummatthi, mara haalugida, marabhaksha, muddapa, muddupa, siddeshwara, sigare, sigare badanike, Vandhulu |
| Malayalam | ethukanni, ithikanni, ithil, itti, ittikkanni, ittukanni, kannirattinmelpulluni, pullunni, pulunni, uthir, utia, valli-itti-canni, velluta-itti-canni, Ittkkanni |
| Marathi | baandagul, banda, bandgul, betungli, kainguli, vanda, Bandagul |
| Sanskrit | apadarohini, bandaka, vanda, vandaka, vanua, vriksha-dani, vrikshabhaksha, vrikshadani, vriksharohini, vriksharuha, vrksadani, vrksaruha, Vanda, Banda, Vrikshaadni, Vriksharuha, Vrikshabhakshya |
| Tamil | accamamukam, akacavuruvi, akaimam, akaimaram, akaiyuruvi, alakamam, anakakkoti, anakam, anakam,antakan, antalam, antarakkon, arularocikacceti, arularocikam, avin, avinam, caittiyavacceti, caittiyavam, cakkalatti, carittutai, carittutaimuli, cekari,cetimulaiyantakam, cikanku, cikari, cikariyantam, civanti, ettukkanni, kakarukam, kakavirutcam, kalluni, kalluruni, kamalainacani, kamaricam, kamaricham, kamarikacceti, kamarikam, kamarttakaviranam pokki, kamativirutcam, kamini, kaminipokarokani, katari, kecaramatiyam, kuruviccai, kuruvicci, kuruviccippuntu, kuruvinci, maccamamukam, makavirutcati, mannutaiyal, maravani, maravetti , maravotti, maravottippuntu, nakecikacceti, nakecikam, nakeciru, nauli, nilancoti, ninravitamtincan, ninritamtincan, ottu, patamparo, pauluruvi, pilluli, plavithil, pokarokani, pulloli, pulluli, pulluri, pulluri , pulluruvi,sangattanmarattubulluruvi, tatta, tayaikkolli, tayaikkonran, teki, tekicceti, tekikam, teli, ucci, uccicceti, uccikkoti, uccitati, uccitaticceti, uchi, ucicceti, urukai, uruvi, uruvi, vaci, vantai, vatavi, viccataiyakkoti, viccataiyan, viranapokkini, virukkatteni, virutcacatani, virutcati, virutkarukala, viruttateni, vitantincan, yanakampu, Pulluri, Pullarubi; |
| Telugu | badanika, badanike, badinika, bajinika, bajinike, bajiniki, jiddu, vadanike, vajinika, velagabadanika, wedinikai, yelinga, yelingawadinika, yellingawadinika, Badnika |
| Common names | Banda , |
| English | sickle mistletoe |
| Urdu | बंदा |
| Odia | Bridhongo, Madang |
| Gujrati | Bando; |
| Bengali | Barmanda, Manda |
| Nepali | :Ajeru |
| Punjabi | Amut; |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Stem
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Ettingsh. Herb Whole plant Astringent; aphrodiasic; narcotic; diuretic; tuberculosis; asthma; menstrual disorders; swelling wounds; ulcers; renal and vesical calculi; antifertility agent; anticancerous; skin diseases; asthma; abortion; migrane; muscle pains General; women; pregnant women Ragupathy and Newmaster 2009, Sharma et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Lingaraju et al. 2013
Ragupathy and Newmaster 2009
Sharma et al. 2013
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Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Dendrophthoe falcata. (2023, December 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrophthoe_falcata