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Loranthaceae FAMILY

Struthanthus syringifolius

Struthanthus syringifolius

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub
Growth—

Requires a sunny position, in the wild it is always found growing on plants in open places[1]. The flowers are extremely odoriferous[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Struthanthus+syringifolius>

Pollinators

Bees

References

  1. [1]Contribution to the Taxonomy of Eremolepidaceae, Loranthaceae and Viscaceae — Reif C. · Universidade Santa Úrsula; Brazil. · 2007 ↩︎Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it has brief descriptions and taxonomy for the parasitic plants growing Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil.
  2. [2]Medicinal Plants of the Guianas — DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. · Smithsonian Museum · http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html ↩︎A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region
  3. [3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.