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  • COMMON NAME: dodder, amarbel.
  • ARABIC: حامول، شوبكة (شوبك)
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cuscuta planifora Ten.
  • SYNONYMS: Cuscuta epithymum subsp. planiflora (Ten.) Rouy
  • FAMILY: CONVOLVULACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt)
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Plant grows from seed as any plant, but as soon as it finds a host plant to latch onto, its roots die back.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267605-1#synonyms http://pallano.altervista.org/cuscuta-planiflora.html Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Infusion of plant used to treat jaundice, liver problems; also used as diuretic, laxative.
Twining, filiform, parasitic plant, without chlorophyll. Stem leafless, very slender, yellow. Inflorescences umbellate. Flowers yellowish-white, subsessile, dense, globose. Calyx 5-lobed, enclosing the corolla, cup-shaped, each lobe, turgid, narrow-ovate, obtuse. Corolla 5-lobed, campanulate-globose. Stamens 5, shorter than the corolla lobes. Staminal scales broad, oblong, wavy, dentate margins. Style 2, free; stigmas 2, elongated-linear, curved. Fruit a globose capsule. Seeds brown, 0.5-0.8 mm long. Flowering from January to April-May.
Parasitic weed on wild and cultivated plants, found on a variety of hosts.
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