✿Loranthaceae · Taxillus
Uppilu / Hairy Mistletoe
Taxillus tomentosus
Parasite
- Habit
- Parasite
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- December-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Taxillus tomentosus
- Genus
- Taxillus
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Habit
- Parasite
- Habitat
- Evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Normal leafy shrubrecorded
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Uppilu itself; the rest are typical of the Loranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Loranthaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಉಪ್ಪಿಲು uppilu
About Uppilu
Hairy Mistletoe (Taxillus tomentosus) is a parasitic plant in the Loranthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to January.
Botanical family
Loranthaceae
Mistletoe Family
Uppilu belongs to the Loranthaceae family.
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