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Dendrophthoe lanosa is a tropical mistletoe, a hemiparasite that grows on the branches of host trees and draws water and minerals from them. It is not a plant grown in gardens or as a houseplant.
Dendrophthoe lanosa is a species of mistletoe in the family Loranthaceae; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. Records are from Indo-China and Malesia; in Vietnam it may be called mộc ký Xiêm.
Dendrophthoe falcata · Smooth mistletoe · Dendrophthoe memecylifolia · Long Flower Mistletoe · Dendrophthoe
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dendrophthoe lanosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
