Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. |
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Botanical Name |
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Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. |
English
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Clover dodder, Lesser dodder |
Synonym(s) |
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Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum, Cuscuta epythymum (L.)L. |
Family |
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Convolvulaceae |
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General Info
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Parasitic, twining annual, herb or climber. Flowers pentamerous in very compact clusters up to 10 mm diam.; pedicels 0-0.5 mm long. Calyx 1.9-2.5 mm long. Corolla 2.5-4 mm long; lobes triangular, acute, equal to the tube. Scales subtending stamens oblong, shorter than or equal to the corolla tube, with very short fimbriae. Capsule circumsciss. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antibilious, appetizer, carminative, cholagogue, mildly diuretic, hepatic, laxative and antiscorbutic (whole plant) |
Pharmacology
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To help keep the body in balance internally and externally, to treat liver, sexual problems like impotence, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, and low sperm count as a result of kidney yang deficiency (whole plant); urinary complaints, kidney, spleen and liver disorders, jaundice, sciatica and scorbutic complaints (stem decoction) |
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