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Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Common name: Boromanda, Bondha, Pharulla(Beng.).
Life cycle:
Native Range: Native to Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Dendrophthoe falcata bears grey barks, thick coriaceous leaves variable in shape with stout flowers. The flowering inflorescences in it was previously referred to as axillary or as one developing on the scars of fallen leaves.
The Dendrophthoe falcata is used in indigenous system of medicine as cooling, bitter, astringent, aphrodisiac, narcotic and diuretic and is useful in treating pulmonary tuberculosis, asthma, menstrual disorders, swelling wounds, ulcers, renal and vesical calculi and vitiated conditions of kapha and pitta. |
