Cuscuta chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Cuscuta
Species:
C. chinensis
Binomial name
Cuscuta chinensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Grammica chinensis (Lam.) Hadač & Chrtek

Cuscuta chinensis Lam. is a stem holoparasite vine in the family Convolvulaceae.[2][3] It was first described in China in 1786.[4]

Description

C. chinensis is a thin, yellow vine lacking leaves or roots.[2] It produces glomerulate to dense paniculiform inflorescences composed of white-cream 5-merous flowers that are very small, have two styles with capitate stigmata, and produce 3–4 obovoid seeds per capsule.[3][5] Its pollen grains are small, colporate, and covered by a finely reticulate ektexine.[6]

C. chinensis var. chinensis has been observed to flower from June–October, December–March, and February–May. It is found throughout western Asia, tropical Asia, eastern Asia, and Australasia[3] at latitudes between 20° N and 50° N.[2] Specimens of Cuscuta campestris are occasionally mislabeled as C. chinensis; the two species can be differed by C. chinensis's carinate calyx lobes, incurved but not inflexed corolla lobes, and dehiscent seed capsule.[3]

C. chinensis var. applanata flowers from June to October and is found in Mexico and the southwestern US.[3]

Use in traditional medicine

C. chinensis is used medicinally in many Asian countries, including China, Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Nepal, and Inner Mongolia.[7][8] Biochemical analysis has found at least 93 pharmacologically active phytochemicals present in C. chinensis correlated with its use as an anti-inflammatory agent, anti-aging agent, pain reliever, or aphrodisiac.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Cuscuta chinensis Lam". The Plant List. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  2. 1 2 3 Ren Z, Zagortchev L, Ma J, Yan M, Li J (2020). "Predicting the potential distribution of the parasitic Cuscuta chinensis under global warming". BMC Ecol. 20 (1): 28. Bibcode:2020BMCE...20...28R. doi:10.1186/s12898-020-00295-6. PMC 7210669. PMID 32386506.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Costea M, Spence I, Stefanović S (2011). "Systematics of Cuscuta chinensis species complex (subgenus Grammica, Convolvulaceae): evidence for long-distance dispersal and one new species". Org Divers Evol. 11 (5): 373–386. doi:10.1007/s13127-011-0061-3. S2CID 33326805.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Lamarck J, dePoiret J (16 Oct 1786). "Cuscuta chinensis Lam". Encyclopedie Methodique. Botanique ... Paris. 2 (1): 229.
  5. ↑ Park I, Song JH, Yang S, Kim WJ, Choi G, Moon BC (2019). "Cuscuta Species Identification Based on the Morphology of Reproductive Organs and Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequences". Int J Mol Sci. 20 (11): 2726. doi:10.3390/ijms20112726. PMC 6600609. PMID 31163646.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Liao, Gwo-Ing; Chen, Ming-Yih; Kuoh, Chang-Sheng (2005). "Pollen morphology of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) in Taiwan". Bot Bull Acad Sin. 46: 75–81.
  7. ↑ O'Neill, A.R.; Rana, S.K. (2019). "An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12 (14): 14. doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y. PMC 4765049. PMID 26912113.
  8. ↑ Wurchaih; Huar; Menggenqiqig; Khasbagan (2019). "Medicinal wild plants used by the Mongol herdsmen in Bairin Area of Inner Mongolia and its comparative study between TMM and TCM". Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine. 15 (32): 32. doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0300-9. PMC 6609360. PMID 31269968.
  9. ↑ Donnapee S, Li J, Yang X, Ge AH, Donkor PO, Gao XM; et al. (18 November 2014). "Cuscuta chinensis Lam.: A systematic review on ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of an important traditional herbal medicine". J Ethnopharmacol. 157: 292–308 292–308. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.09.032. PMID 25281912.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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