Convolvulaceae Week :: Cuscuta chinensis at Vaghbil, and in Maharashtra

Dinesh Valke

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Mar 11, 2012, 2:55:14 PM3/11/12

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Cuscuta chinensis Lam.

kus-KEW-tuh -- ancient Latin name for dodder, probably of Arabic origin
chi-NEN-sis -- of or from China

Sep 21, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra

commonly known as: Chinese dodder • Hindi: अमरबेल amar bel, मखनियो makhanio • Konkani: अमोरवेल amorvel • Marathi: अमरवेल amarvel

Native to: China, Japan, Korea; naturalized elsewhere

References: Flowers of India • Floristic Survey of Institute of Science • eFlora

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Sep 21, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
May 29, 2010 ... at Rajgurunagar, near Pune, Maharashtra
Jan 26, 2008 ... near Saphale Ghat, Maharashtra

Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 11, 2012, 10:20:38 PM3/11/12

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Nice photographs

Thanks for sharing Dinesh ji

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Satish Phadke

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Mar 15, 2012, 10:03:38 AM3/15/12

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Thanks for showing the clear photographs of yellow parasitic flowering plant.

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dinesh Valke

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Aug 23, 2015, 9:58:42 AM8/23/15

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Dear friends,

The ID of posted plant is in error. Many thanks to Tabish for notifying me of my incorrect identification at Flowers of India; ID corrected by Minal Jani as Cuscuta campestris Yunck.

In the group's database, I found few posts related to Cuscuta campestris very helpful. Surajit ji's post Jan2015sk22 Hooghly - Cuscuta sp. ID please, detailed as always and another of Chitraleka ji's Cuscuta ID request - 09012015PC1 which has analysed the ID to detail.

Garg ji, please do the needful by shifting the link to this post from C. chinensis var chinensis to C. campestris Yunck.

Thanks to all, and regards.

Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 23, 2015, 10:40:06 AM8/23/15

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And forgot to mention that the last picture (Jan 26, 2008 ... near Saphale Ghat, Maharashtra) is of different species.