Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 7

Cuscuta epithymum var. alba (J.Presl & C.Presl) Trab.

Cuscuta epithymum var. angustissima (Engelm.) Yunck.

Cuscuta epithymum subsp. epithymum

Cuscuta epithymum subsp. kotschyi (Des Moul.) Arcang.

Cuscuta epithymum var. rubella (Engelm.) Trab.

Cuscuta epithymum var. sagittanthera Engelm.

Cuscuta epithymum var. scabrella (Engelm.) Yunck.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aakaashvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aftimoon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aftimoun	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
aftimun	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
amarvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
amarvela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
cipó-de-chumbo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
clover dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cuscuta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
devil’s guts	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hellweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lesser doddar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lesser dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ljungsnärja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sitammapogunalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thymian-seide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
افتيمون	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
seed, resins	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum L. Sp. Pl.: 124 (1753).
Lepimenes epithymum (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 91 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuscuta epithymum	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cuscuta epithymum (L.) Murray	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cuscuta epithymum Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Cuscuta epithymum Murray	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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