Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Dendrophthoe > D. falcata

Description: Parasitic, stem woody, terete, lenticellate. Leaves simple, subopposite, 5-10 x 3-4.5 cm, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, apex acute or obtuse, base turncate, obtuse or cordate, thickly coriaceous; petiole 2-3 mm long or absent. Inflorescene axilliary and lateral, curved racemes, 3-5 cm long, many-flowered; pedicels c. 3 mm long. Calyx 2-3 mm long, turncate. Corolla tube pink, 2.5-3.5 cm long, curved, slender at base, widening to top; lobes green, 0.7-1 cm long, c. 2 mm wide, linear, recurved. Filaments bright red, c. 4 mm long; anthers yellow, linear-oblong. Ovary 2-3 mm long. Berry 1-1.5 x 0.3-0.4 cm, oblong, crimson.

Flowering and Fruiting: November-March

Uses: Medicine in Ayurveda, Folk medicine

Cultivation: wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org