Cuscuta reflexa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Cuscuta |
| Species: | C. reflexa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.
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Cuscuta reflexa, the giant dodder or ulan ulan,[1] is one of 100-170 species in the genus Cuscuta, and is common in the Indian subcontinent and the Greater Himalayas and as far south as Malaysia and Indonesia.[2] This parasitic plant species is a leafless twined sprawling thin vine that grows over a host plant, including large trees with garlands hanging down from the canopy as much as thirtythree feet (ten meters).[3] Flowers are small, bell shaped and white in colour with yellow filaments. Fruits and seeds are produced from the flower.
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Cuscuta reflexa grows on other plants. This is not Cuscuta reflexa -
Cuscuta reflexa flowers
References
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Cuscuta reflexa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Van Steenis, C.G.G.J.; et al. (1972). The Mountain Flora of Java. Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill. p. Plate 13 Caption 3.