Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq. [Loranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baandaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bandaaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dedalu api jantan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dedalu api puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maravotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mendalu api putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ottu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulluruvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sulur api jantan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
五蕊寄生	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Loranthus pentandrus L. Mant. Pl.: 63 (1767).
Dendrophthoe farinosa (Desr.) Mart. Flora 13(1): 110 (1830).
Dendrophthoe leucobotrya Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 345 (1861).
Dendrophthoe venosa (Blume) Mart. Flora 13(1): 110 (1830).
Elytranthe farinosa (Desr.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 427 (1834).
Elytranthe rigida (Wall. ex DC.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 427 (1834).
Etubila maculata (Blume) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 159 (1838).
Loranthus contractus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6864 (1832), not validly publ.
Loranthus farinosus Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 597 (1792).
Loranthus finlaysonianus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6871 (1832).
Loranthus flavus Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 661 (1826).
Loranthus maculatus Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 662 (1826).
Loranthus rigidus Wall. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 298 (1830).
Loranthus venosus Blume Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 9: 188 (1823).
Loranthus zimmermannii Warb. in É.A.J.De Wildeman, Pl. Nov. Hort. Then. 2: 73 (1909).
Meiena axillaris Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 125 (1838).
Scurrula pentandra (L.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 424 (1834).
Scurrula venosa (Blume) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 424 (1834).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dendrophthoe pentandra	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Loranthus pentandrus L.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Loranthus pentandrus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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