Mistletoe (Viscus album) | Natural History Museum

Museum botanist Fred Rumsey brings us some cheer in our film about lush, green mistletoe.
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[@pauldurkee4764]

From what I can remember, it seems to be getting more common.
I've seen it in Rowan and Lime near me. 👍

[@DasAntiNaziBroetchen]

I think you may have failed to mention the part where the plant kills the host tree.

[@stockholmboy]

Viscum Album.

[@b.f.f.3700]

Please, I live in Rome. I would like to buy a mistelotoe plant. Do you Know where i can by to it? Thank you very much. Barbara

[@newsviewstoday5689]

you don't wantr it unless over a few years it will kill all the trees it grows in. : (

[@NastyWoman1979]

More like decades​@@newsviewstoday5689

[@IndriidaeNT]

Some parasites I am aware with are Malaria, Giardia and some plants from the jungles of Southeast Asia.

[@mik3z418]

No

[@trashpanda9615]

Or you can throw is on the fire 🔥

[@bobclarke2705]

Ive had mistletoe in my apple tree for about 6 years and its never produced any berries, so Im assuming its the wrong gender, but I would very muck like to have berries, can I do this with what ive got ???

[@newsviewstoday5689]

it strangles and kills its host tree and itself in the end. Not a good thing, its a sap/life vampire.

[@User-ge7ni]

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[@akshaytawale6568]

Can we grow these parasitic plants on ferns??

[@User-ge7ni]

No trees only

[@rohitbhushan7229]

A homeopathic medicine is prepared from this for curing L4 L5 disc bulge, herniation, sciatic pain control