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Cuscuta australis

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Name

Identification
Cuscuta australis R.Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cuscuta aurantiaca
  • Cuscuta australis
  • Cuscuta millettii
Common name
  • (Pecí) mprakε (FRI) (GHANA, VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • soyanyaa (FRI) (GHANA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • brεzinlẽ nyεmã (FRI) mãrãhyiazo (FRI) (GHANA, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • vuvudranyi (FRI) (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • soyayya = mutual affection (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ọmọnigèlègélé, ọmọ́: child; oni: possessing; gèlè: a woman’s kerchief (JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA (Ijebu)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dome atrε = if you love me, spread (FRI) mpenãbegu, mprabegu = the lover will be dropped, i.e., if it does not spread (FRI) ntentene = spread out a long way (FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ganagana (JMD) gingin referring to the slender stems (JMD) ọmọnígèdègédé = lonely child (Verger; JMD) ọmọnígínigíní (JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • mprakε (FRI) (GHANA, ADANGME-KROBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Cuscuta australis [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Cuscuta australis [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Common names
C. obtusiflora Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth var. cordofana Engelm.: 493 (1859). Type: Sudan, Kordofan, Figari s.n. (FI, holo.; MO).
Information
Stems medium, yellowish. Flowers often somewhat glandular, 2-3 mm long, subsessile, in loose to dense subglobose clusters. Calyx ± as long as corolla tube; lobes broad, ovate to suborbicular, apex rounded. Corolla campanu-late; lobes shorter than or as long as tube, erect to somewhat spreading, broad, apex rounded. Stamens shorter than corolla lobes; filaments usually stout, ± subulate and often shorter than (sometimes ± as long as) broadly elliptic to sub-orbicular anthers. Scales oblong, shorter than tube, bifid or bilobed to entire, variously fim­briate. Ovary globose; styles shorter than ovary, intrastylar aperture 1.0-1.5 mm long. Capsule globose or somewhat obovoid, not dehiscent by circumscission, drying reddish brown. Seeds ellipsoid to ovoid, 1.25-2.0 mm long. Flower­ing time August to April.
Use
1. Cuscuta australis R.Br., Prodromus florae novae hollandiae ...: 491 (1810); Yunck.: 124, fig. 1 (1932); Ooststr.: 66 (1938); Verde: 85 (1953); Ooststr.: 392 (1953); A.Meeuse: 647 (1957a); Verde: 4 (1963a); Gone.: 130 (1987); Lejoly & Lisowski: 2 (1993a); Retief & P.P.J.Herman: 381 (1997). Type: Australia, Broadsound, R. Brown 2789 (BM, holo.; G, K, MO).
Range
Found throughout the Old World, from southern Europe to Japan and Australia, wide­spread from West Africa to the Sudan and southwards to southern Africa (Botswana, the Northern Province and Gauteng). Also in Madagascar. Recorded mostly on swamp vegetation such as species of Centella, Glinus, Hy-drocotyle, Leersia, Nymphaea, Papyrus and Poly­gonum. Map 1.

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