Cuscuta chinensis Lam.

 
  • Family : CUSCUTACEAE
    (Dodder or Devil’s gut Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CUSCUTA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cuscuta chinensis Lam.
  • Common name : Dodder, Chinese Dodder
  • Vernacular name : Amarbel (Hindi); Amrvel (Marathi)
  • Habit : Parasite
  • Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains along with Ipomoea sp.
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 700m, by river banks and on thickets.
  • Key identification features : Leafless twining
  • Flower, Fruit : October-April
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Davanagare district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Tamil Nadu : Low thickets, by river banks
  • Native : China
  • World Distribution : Iran to Australia, China
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cuscuta chinensis. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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