Plant Details

Accepted name:: Helicanthes elastica (Desr.) Danser [Loranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
andagan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antakan cikari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruvichai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marattuvottu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mavi-witthil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulluri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulluruvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sigari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sigariyandam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrksadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dendrophthoe elastica (Desr.) Danser Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 10: 308 (1929).
Loranthus elasticus Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 599 (1792).
Loranthus euphorbiae Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 1063 (1846).
Macrosolen elasticus (Desr.) Blume in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1731 (1830), not validly publ.
Scurrula elastica G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 425 (1834).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dendrophthoe elastica (Desr.) Danser	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Dendrophthoe elastica Danser	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dendrophtoe elastica Danser	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Helicanthes elastica (Desr.) Danser	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Helicanthes elasticus (Desvaux) Danser	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Loranthus elasticus Desr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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