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  • COMMON NAME: dodder, amarbel.
  • ARABIC: حامول، شوبكة (شوبك)
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cuscuta chinensis Lam.
  • SYNONYMS: Cuscuta americana, Cuscuta aphylla, Cuscuta capillaris, Cuscuta carinata.
  • FAMILY: CONVOLVULACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
https://www.floraofqatar.com/cuscuta_chinensis.htm 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:77172741-1/images
Annual parasite. Stems slender, filiform, 0.3-0.5 mm in diameter, yellowish. Leaves absent, sometimes tiny scale-like. Flowers 2-3 mm across on short pedicels or nearly sessile, in dense clusters. Calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, thickened and fleshy towards tips, obtuse or acute, 1-1.5 mm long. Corolla subglobular; lobs oblong-ovate, spreading, acute or obtuse, 1-2 mm long. Stamens shorter than the corolla lobes. Scales as long as the stamens, oblong, fringed, with long process. Styles 2, shorter than the ovary, with capitate subglobose stigmas. Capsule globose, about 3 mm in diameter, opening by circumscission. Seeds light brown, about 1 mm long. Flowering from February to May.
Parasitic weed on wild and cultivated plants, found on a variety of hosts.
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