About Loranthus

Loranthus (Loranthus, familia Euphorbiaceae) is a plant species that do not require soil media as a place of life, they live "ride" on other plants. This plant is called a parasitic plant, because of the hanging or all of the necessities of life (food and energy) from other plants (plants that ride is called the host). Host is not uncommon to die for "food" in the absorption by the parasite. 

There are two types of plant parasites, facultative parasites, who just took some food "" from other plants, this species still has a leaf for photosynthesis process itself, for example, is a parasite. Obligate parasite (parasite true) who depend entirely on other plants such as Rafflesia. There are also species that "only" ride, without taking food / energy from the host plant, this plant is called efifit, for example, is the orchid.Oh yeah, how the parasite can grow on the branches of a tall tree?, They are spread by birds or animals that happen to eat fruit and seeds, then the birds or animals that get rid of dirt and stick on a tree branch, then seeds are not Digestible join it germinate and begin to live.

Although the parasite is considered the parasite by the host plants, humans turned out to benefit from these parasites. Some sellers of herbal medicine (medicine from plants) to take advantage of the parasite as a drug. Some famous tea is a plant parasite that must be used as a cancer drug. If you live in a way dependent on others and harm others, then be prepared to give you the nickname as a parasite.