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Cuscuta chinensis
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Cuscuta chinensis Lam., Encycl. 2: 229. 1786; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 227. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 931(654). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 264. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 210. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 336. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 465. 2009.
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Description:
Slender yellow twiners. Leaves absent. Flowers sessile, 5-7, in lateral fascicles. Calyx-lobes 5, c. 2 x 1.5 mm, broadly ovate, scarious. Corolla pale yellow, c. 5 mm across, 3-3.5 mm long, widely funnel-form; lobes triangular-ovate, acute or obtuse, spreading. Stamens 5; filaments longer than the ovoid anthers. Corolla scales oblong, fimbriate above. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, globose; styles 2, filiform; stigma rounded. Capsule c. 3 mm across, depressed-globose, irregularly dehiscent; seeds c. 1 mm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Rose
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chengamperu, Sivaloda, Moozhiar, Aroor
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