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Summary
Physical Characteristics
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Cuscuta chinensis is a PERENNIAL. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
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Plant Habitats
Cultivated Beds;
Edible Uses
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Medicinal Uses
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Aphrodisiac Demulcent Diaphoretic Hepatic Kidney Ophthalmic Tonic
A lotion made from the stems is used in the treatment of sore heads and inflamed eyes[218]. The seed is aphrodisiac, demulcent, diaphoretic, hepatic and tonic[176, 178, 218, 240]. It is decocted and used with other herbs to treat a variety of ailments[218]. In particular, it is used in the treatment of impotence, nocturnal emissions, vertigo, lumbago, leucorrhoea, frequent micturation, decreased eyesight, threatened abortion and chronic diarrhoea[176].
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Other Uses
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Cultivation details
We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it could succeed outdoors at least in the milder parts of this country. This is a parasitic species that is devoid of leaves, roots or chlorophyll and so is totally dependant upon its host[238]. It is most commonly found growing on plants in the families Leguminosae, Compositae and Zygophyllaceae and must be grown next to the host plant, which it penetrates with suckers in order to obtain nutriment[238, 266].
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Plant Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in the autumn, by lodging it among the stems of a host plant[238].
Other Names
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Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Russian Federation (Primorye, Amur), China (throughout), Korea, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku), Taiwan TROPICAL ASIA: India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia NORTHERN AMERICA: United States (New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Utah), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro) AUSTRALASIA: Australia (Queensland) AFRICA: Ethiopia
Weed Potential
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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