Taxon: Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS (as Cuscuta spp.).

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• giant dodder   (Source: Invaders Database ) – English
  
• Indian dodder   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:459. 2004)
  
• Weed: parasite   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan
  China: China - Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Myanmar; Thailand
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java [e.]; Malaysia

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

• Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Kala, C. P. et al. 2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:459.
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource).
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cuscuta reflexa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cuscuta reflexa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cuscuta reflexa.

Check other web resources for Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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