Plant Details

Accepted name:: Viscum album L. [Santalaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Viscum album subsp. album

Viscum album subsp. austriacum (Wiesb.) Vollm.

Viscum album subsp. creticum N.Böhling, Greuter, Raus, B.Snogerup, Snogerup & Zuber

Viscum album subsp. abietis (Wiesb.) Abrom.

Viscum album subsp. meridianum (Danser) D.G.Long

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
afomo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
ainjeru	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bandaaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhangra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
birdlime	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
buşurj	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
chulu bamda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chulubndda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chulubunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuluka-banda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common mistletoe	Other	Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
dabaq	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
dari knêr	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
dibki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dimkane	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
european mistletoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gui blanc	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gul-e-banafshaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
harchur	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
harjor	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kishmish kaabali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kishmish kaabuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
koli daakh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mavizaj-e-asli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
mistelbeeren	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
mistelkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
mistelstengel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
mistletoe	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mistletoe extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
muérdago	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rasna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suvarnabandaaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
van banda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vandakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vischio	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
visci albi fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
visci albi herba	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
visci albi stipites	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
visci folium	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
visci herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
viscum	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
viscum album	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
vrikshaadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ökse otu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
دبق	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‘heb 3esfur	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
‘heb dobec	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Fructus		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Leaf, fruit (berry), twig		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
whole plant		Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb	extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
vegetative parts		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Stelin album (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 129 (1897).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Viscum album	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Viscum album L.	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Viscum album Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Viscum album Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Viscum album Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Viscum album auct. non L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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