• Bandgul / बांडगुळ / Honey Suckle Mistletoe / Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.)
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Bandgul / बांडगुळ / Honey Suckle Mistletoe / Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.)

Local Name: Bandgul / बांडगुळ

Common Name: Honey Suckle Mistletoe

Botanical Name: Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.)

Bandgul / बांडगुळ / Honey Suckle Mistletoe / Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.)

Status & Habitat

  • Habitat: Shrub

  • Occurrence: Found in foothill scrub jungles and deciduous forests

  • Season of Availability: Year-round

  • Geography: Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia

  • Method of Propagation: Seed propagation

  • Part used for Propagation: Seeds

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Fruits

  • Can be Eaten Raw: No

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: No

  • Ripe: No

  • Both Raw & Ripe: No

  • Dangerous Form to Consume: Raw plant

  • As Food: Eaten as a health food.

  • As Medicine: Helps heal wounds and reduce tumours; leaf paste heals wounds; fresh juice with buttermilk treats diarrhea.

  • Cooking Method: Used medicinally mainly.

  • Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A

  • Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: N/A

  • Souring Agents Required: N/A


Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

  • Nutritional Benefit: Anti-microbial and anti-oxidant properties.

  • Medicinal Benefit: Helps reduce tumours, heal wounds, and reduce diarrhea.

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Helps heal wounds and reduce tumours; leaf paste heals wounds; fresh juice with buttermilk treats diarrhea.

Recipes

  • Tribal Recipe: Fresh juice of the plant is taken and mixed with buttermilk. This is drunk to relieve diarrhea.