A herb. It grows attached to other plants. The stems are yellow and thin. They are 1 mm across. The flowers are in heads on the sides of the plant. They are white. The capsule is 3-4 mm across.
Life form | annual |
Growth form | herb |
Growth support | parasite |
Foliage retention | - |
Sexuality | hermaphrodite |
Pollination | - |
Spread | - |
Mature width (meter) | - |
Mature height (meter) | - |
Root system | - |
Rooting depth (meter) | - |
Root diameter (meter) | - |
Flower color | - |
Blooming months | - |
Fruit color | - |
Fruiting months | - |
Nitrogen fixer | - |
Photosynthetic pathway | - |
Light | |
Soil humidity | |
Soil texture | |
Soil acidity | |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | material medicinal social use |
Edible | leaves stems |
Therapeutic use | Astringents (seed), Contraceptive agents (seed), Demulcents (seed), Fever (seed), Flatulence (seed), Hypnotics and sedatives (seed), Laxatives (seed), Liver diseases (seed), Neurotransmitter agents (seed), General tonic for rejuvenation (seed), Splenic diseases (seed), Sympatholytics (seed), Vasoconstrictor agents (seed), Diaphoretic (seed), Anthelmintics (stem), Anti-inflammatory agents (stem), Cathartics (stem), Diuretics (stem), Epilepsy (stem), Expectorants (stem), Flatulence (stem), Inflammation (stem), Jaundice (stem), Liver diseases (stem), Myalgia (stem), Pain (stem), Paralysis (stem), General tonic for rejuvenation (stem), Diaphoretic (stem), Anasarca (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Emission (unspecified), Enuresis (unspecified), Fracture (unspecified), Hypogonadism (unspecified), Impotency (unspecified), Neurasthenia (unspecified), Polyuria (unspecified), Pregnancy (unspecified), Prostatitis (unspecified), Rinderpest (unspecified), Spermatorrhea (unspecified), Vertigo (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Lumbago (unspecified), Notalgia (unspecified), Anti-infective agents, local (unspecified), Cathartics (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Fractures, bone (unspecified), Neoplasms (unspecified), Pregnancy complications (unspecified), Pruritus (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified) |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | cuttings seedlings |
Germination duration (days) | - |
Germination temperacture (C°) | - |
Germination luminosity | - |
Germination treatment | - |
Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267360-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0001296656 |
COL ID | 32LP4 |
BDTFX ID | - |
INPN ID | - |
Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
Wikipedia (FR) | Link |