Sunaryo Sunaryo
Bidang Botani Pusat Penelitian Biologi, LIPI JI. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km 46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia P.O. Box 25 Cibinong

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KEANEKARAGAMAN JENIS-JENIS TANAMAN KOLEKSI DI KEBUN RAYA PURWODADI, BALI DAN CIBODAS YANG DISERANG BENALU Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq. (LORANTHACEAE) Sunaryo, Sunaryo
Buletin Kebun Raya Vol 13, No 2 (2010): Buletin Kebun Raya Vol. 13 (2) Juli 2010
Publisher : Center for Plant Conservation Bogor Botanic Garden, Indonesian Institute of Sciences

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Botanic Garden represents an ecosystem area in which parasitic plants such as mistletoes are also incorporated. Mistletoe of Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq. (Loranthaceae) was a parasite of various plants cultivated in Botanic Gardens of Purwodadi, Bali, and Cibodas. The mistletoe attacked 143 host species which included in 48 plant families in those three Botanic Gardens. The most attacked host plants were belong to family Moraceae, especially Ficus spp., following by members of Myrtaceae, especially Syzygium spp. The ability to become parasite of various plants species assured that mistletoe of D. pentandra did not chosen certain host plants. The parasitic study of mistletoe D. pentandra is also reported in this paper.