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'''''Cassytha filiformis''''', common name '''love-vine''', is a species of [[obligate parasite|obligate]] [[parasitic plant|parasitic]] [[vine]] in the family [[Lauraceae]]. The species has a [[pantropical]] distribution encompassing the [[Americas]], [[Indomalaya]], [[Australasia]], [[Polynesia]] and [[East Africa]] <ref name="asdfkjlshfalshglsdfl">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200008689 Flora of North America vol 3]</ref><ref>D. S. Correll & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas. University of Texas at Dallas.</ref> In the Caribbean region, it is one of several plants known as '' |
'''''Cassytha filiformis''''', common name '''love-vine'<nowiki/>'', is a species of [[obligate parasite|obligate]] [[parasitic plant|parasitic]] [[vine]] in the family [[Lauraceae]]. The species has a [[pantropical]] distribution encompassing the [[Americas]], [[Indomalaya]], [[Australasia]], [[Polynesia]] and [[East Africa]] <ref name="asdfkjlshfalshglsdfl">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200008689 Flora of North America vol 3]</ref><ref>D. S. Correll & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas. University of Texas at Dallas.</ref> In the Caribbean region, it is one of several plants known as ''Love vine''' because it has a reputation as an aphrodisiac.<ref>Esbaugh, W. Hardy; McClure, Susan A. & Bolyard, Judith L. Bush Medicine Studies, Andros Island, Bahamas. Proceedings of the first symposium on the botany of the Bahamas June 11–14, 1985. Ed. Robert R. Smith., San Salvador, Bahamas.</ref> |
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''Cassytha filiformis'' is a twining vine with an orange to pale green stem. Leaves are reduced to scales about 1 mm long. Flowers are borne in [[Spike (botany)|spikes]] or sometimes solitary. There are six [[tepals]], each 0.1-2.0 mm long. Fruit is a [[drupe]] about 7 mm in diameter.<ref name="asdfkjlshfalshglsdfl"/> |
''Cassytha filiformis'' is a twining vine with an orange to pale green stem. Leaves are reduced to scales about 1 mm long. Flowers are borne in [[Spike (botany)|spikes]] or sometimes solitary. There are six [[tepals]], each 0.1-2.0 mm long. Fruit is a [[drupe]] about 7 mm in diameter.<ref name="asdfkjlshfalshglsdfl"/> |
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Cassytha filiformis, common name love-vine', is a species of obligate parasitic vine in the family Lauraceae. The species has a pantropical distribution encompassing the Americas, Indomalaya, Australasia, Polynesia and East Africa [2][3] In the Caribbean region, it is one of several plants known as Love vine because it has a reputation as an aphrodisiac.[4]
Cassytha filiformis is a twining vine with an orange to pale green stem. Leaves are reduced to scales about 1 mm long. Flowers are borne in spikes or sometimes solitary. There are six tepals, each 0.1-2.0 mm long. Fruit is a drupe about 7 mm in diameter.[2]
References
- ^ "Taxon: Cassytha filiformis L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1994-10-04. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
- ^ a b Flora of North America vol 3
- ^ D. S. Correll & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas. University of Texas at Dallas.
- ^ Esbaugh, W. Hardy; McClure, Susan A. & Bolyard, Judith L. Bush Medicine Studies, Andros Island, Bahamas. Proceedings of the first symposium on the botany of the Bahamas June 11–14, 1985. Ed. Robert R. Smith., San Salvador, Bahamas.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cassytha filiformis.
Wikispecies has information related to Cassytha filiformis.
- Love Vine at Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida
- Cassytha filiformis in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
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- Lauraceae
- Plants described in 1753
- Pantropical flora
- Parasitic plants
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- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of the Caribbean
- Flora of China
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- Flora of Madagascar
- Flora of South Africa
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