Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.

Family: Convolvulaceae

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta > C. reflexa

Common name [English]: Dodder

Vernacular name [Malayalam]: ആകാശവല്ലി, മൂടില്ലാതാളി

Nativity: Afghanistan to Indo-China, Jawa

Habitat: Deciduous forests, also in the plains

Description: Stout succulent twiners; stem up to 2.5 mm in diam., yellowish. Flowers sessile in lateral racemes. Calyx cupular, lobes herbaceous, c. 1.5 mm long, suborbicular. Corolla cream coloured, c. 7 mm across, 6-8 mm long, funnel-form; lobes ovate-triangular, erect. Stamens 5; filaments very short; corolla scale ovate to oblong, fimbriate. Ovary c. 2 mm long, conical, stigma acute. Capsule succulent, c. 5 mm across, globose-conical. Seeds 3-3.5 mm long, black.

Flowering and Fruiting: November-March

Uses: Medicinal,Traditional/folklore

Cultivation:

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org