Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuscuta australis R.Br. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Cuscuta australis var. cesatiana (Bertol.) Yunck.

Cuscuta australis var. tineoi (Insenga) Yunck.

Cuscuta australis var. australis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
australian dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
chinese dodder	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cipo chumbo	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
cuscutae semen	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cuscute australe	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
cuscute du sud	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
dodder seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
enleios	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
mamedaoshi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mlangamia	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
nan fang tu si zi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
nan tu si zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
southern dodder	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
tu si zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tu sih zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tusizi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
南方菟絲子	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
菟丝子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菟絲子	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cuscuta obtusiflora var. australis (R.Br.) Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1: 492 (1859).
Grammica australis (R.Br.) Hadac & Chrtek Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohemoslov. 5: 445 (1970).
Grammica scandens subsp. australis (R.Br.) Holub Preslia 45: 359 (1973).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuscuta australis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cuscuta australis R. Br	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cuscuta australis R. Br.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cuscuta australis R.Br.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cuscuta australis R.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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