- Family : OROBANCHACEAE
(Broomrape Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MISSI FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Orobanchaceae
- Synonym(s) : Orobanche aeginetia L.; Phelypaea indica (L.) Spreng. ex Steud.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aeginetia indica L.
- Common name : Forest Ghost Flower
- Vernacular name :
- Kala kutamahura (Oria)
- Keeripoovu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Parasite-Herb
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, shady places
- Comments / notes : Non chlorophyllus
- Key identification features : Root parasite
- Flower, Fruit : July-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Raigad district, Thane district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Krishnagiri district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Tirap
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, China, Japan, Philippines, Malay Peninsula
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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 et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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
- Yoganarasimhan, SN., Subramanyam and Razi, BA (1981). Flora of Chikmagalur District, Karnataka. Intl, Book Distri., Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 222
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aeginetia indica. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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