Plant Details

Accepted name:: Striga lutea Lour. [Orobanchaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agnivriksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollaippalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshetrabhusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshetranashini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurandika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laghukurandika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palli-ppuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pallippundu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pallipputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tobacco jasmine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
witch weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Striga hirsuta (Wall. ex Benth.) Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 502 (1846).
Buchnera aquatica Wight ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 234 (1840).
Buchnera hirsuta Wall. ex Benth. Scroph. Ind.: 41 (1835).
Buchnera phoenicea Wall. ex Benth. Scroph. Ind.: 41 (1835).
Striga asiatica var. humilis (Benth.) D.Y.Hong Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 405 (1979).
Striga asiatica var. lutea (Lour.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 418 (2001).
Striga hirsuta var. humilis Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 503 (1846).
Striga lutea var. bicolor Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 240 (1898).
Striga parvula Miq. J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 113 (1861).
Striga phoenicea Benth. Scroph. Ind.: 40 (1835).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Striga hirsuta	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Striga lutea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Striga lutea Lour.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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