Back Viscum album AN دبق أبيض Arabic دبق ابيض ARZ Viscum album AST Ağ öksəotu AZ آغ اؤکس اوْتو AZB Амяла белая BE Амяла белая BE-X-OLD Бял имел Bulgarian Vesc Catalan
| Viscum album | |
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| Evergreen Viscum album growing on dormant Populus species | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Viscum |
| Species: | V. album
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| Viscum album | |
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Viscum album is a species of mistletoe in the family Santalaceae, commonly known as European mistletoe, common mistletoe, or simply as mistletoe (Old English mistle).[2] It is native to Europe as well as to western and southern Asia.[3] V. album is found only rarely in North America, as an introduced species.
Viscum album is a hemiparasite on several species of trees, from which it draws water and nutrients. It has a significant role in European mythology, legends, and customs. In modern times, it is commonly featured among Christmas decorations and symbology. In North America its cultural roles are usually fulfilled by the similar native species, Phoradendron leucarpum.
Long used in alternative medicine traditions without any scientific basis, mistletoe now is under study for pharmaceutical uses in modern medicine.
- ^ Chappuis, E. (2014). "Viscum album (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T203473A2766017. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Zuber, Doris (2004). "Biological flora of Central Europe: Viscum album L.". Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 199 (3). Elsevier BV: 181–203. doi:10.1078/0367-2530-00147. ISSN 0367-2530.
- ^ O'Neill, A. R.; Rana, S. K. (2019). "An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12 (14): 14. doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y. PMC 4765049. PMID 26912113.