Aeginetia indica

Forest Ghost Flower
Forest Ghost Flower, Aeginetia indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Aeginetia
Species: A.  indica
Binomial name
Aeginetia indica
Linnaeus, 1753

Aeginetia indica, commonly known as Indian broomrape[1] or forest ghost flower, is a holoparasitic herb of the Orobanchaceae family of plants, which occurs in Asia. It is a root-parasite commonly found in the monsoon season on the floors of moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests of India.[2] The forest ghost flowerhost parasitises plants of the Cannaceae, Commelinaceae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, Poaceae, and Zingiberaceae.[3]

The herbal plant's roots and flowers are used for medical purposes.[4]

References

  1. ↑ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 343. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  2. ↑ "Forest Ghost Flower". FlowersofIndia.net. Retrieved 14 Jan 2014.
  3. ↑ "Aeginetia indica". Orowiki. Archived from the original on December 21, 2011. Retrieved 14 Jan 2014.
  4. ↑ "Aeginetia indica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 632. 1753". Retrieved 24 December 2015.


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