Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuscuta chinensis Lam. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Cuscuta chinensis var. applanata (Engelm.) Costea & M.A.R.Wright

Cuscuta chinensis var. chinensis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aftimoon wilayati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aga mula nethi wel	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
amar bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese cuscuta	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinese dodder	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
chinese dodder seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
cuscutae semen	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dodder seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
makhanio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semen cuscutae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tu si zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tu sih zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tusizi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
tùsīzǐ	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
tơ hồng vàng	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
අග මුල නැති වැල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
菟丝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菟丝子	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
菟絲子	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Seed, Whole plant		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Grammica chinensis (Lam.) Hadac & Chrtek Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 5: 445 (1970).
Pentake chinense (Lam.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 90 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuscuta chinensis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Cuscuta chinensis Lam	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cuscuta chinensis Lam.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) 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 chinensis Lamarck	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cuscuta chinensis Lamark	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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