Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuscuta japonica Choisy [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Cuscuta japonica var. fissistyla Engelm.

Cuscuta japonica var. formosana (Hayata) Yunck.

Cuscuta japonica var. japonica

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese dodder seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
da tu si zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
japanese cuscuta	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
japanese dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jin deng teng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nenashi-kazura	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
semen cuscutae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
tu si zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
yi che ke ta	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
菟丝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菟丝子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
seed, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Monogynella japonica (Choisy) Hadac & Chrtek Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 5: 444 (1970).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuscuta japonica Choisy	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cuscuta japonica choisy	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Cuscuta japonica Choisy

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

Cuscuta japonica choisy

Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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