Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuscuta chilensis Ker Gawl. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cabello de ángel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cuscuta aurea Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 90: 224 (1895), nom. illeg.
Cuscuta odorata Poepp. ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 455 (1845), pro syn.
Cuscuta odorata Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 9: 276 (1841 publ. 1842), nom. illeg. [Cusc.: 180]

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuscuta chilensis Ker Gawl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cuscuta chilensis Ker-Gawl.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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