Plant Details

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

Cuscuta europaea var. europaea

Cuscuta europaea var. nepalensis Yunck.

Cuscuta europaea var. indica Engelm.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aftimoon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
common dodder	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
drül zhak pa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
european dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
europäische seide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
greater dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nessel-seide	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nässelsnärja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sbrul zhags pa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
སྦྲུལ་ཞགས་པ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cuscuta europaea var. legitima Aresch. Revis. Cuscut. Sueciae: 15 (1853), not validly publ.
Cuscuta filiformis Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 307 (1779), nom. superfl.
Cuscuta tetrandra Moench Methodus: 461 (1794), nom. superfl.
Cuscuta urceolata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 238 (1812), nom. superfl.
Cuscuta vulgaris Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 289 (1805), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuscuta europaea	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cuscuta europaea L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) 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)

Cuscuta europaea

Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Cuscuta europaea L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
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)

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