Herbarium JCB

Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze

Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
(FIGWORT FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Orobanchaceae
Species : Striga asiatica
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze
Vernacular name : Rati badanika (Tel.)
Collection Nos : FAP 40085
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 16/09/10
Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Dry deciduous forest
Key identification features : A small hemiparasitic herb on grasses with green linear leaves. Flowers are in a spike, cream-yellow or pink, less than 1 cm across. Fruit is a capsule.
Habit : Herb
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
Comments : On foothills to 1400 m on bare pasturelands and on gravelly rocks with loose soil. More abundant after rains and much smaller in size in higher altitudes.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : Tropical and South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Striga asiatica. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.