Cuscuta type
Cuscuta, also known as Zen Zhen, bean parasites, bean Yama, yellow silk, yellow silk vine, golden silk vine, etc., an annual parasitic herb, distributed in China and Iran, Afghanistan, Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Australia, commonly found in the field, hillside sunny place, roadside scrub.
Properties of Cuscuta
Cuscuta belongs to the family Cyclophyllaceae, preferring a hot and humid climate, with a strong adaptability to the soil, it can grow in plains, wastelands, graveyards, the edge of the ground, as well as in the fields of legumes, chrysanthemums, Lonchocarpaceae, dipterocarpaceae and other plants, with a very vigorous growth, and it twines around suitable hosts when encountering them, absorbing nutrients and water.
What does Cuscuta look like
Cuscuta stem climbing as well as winding strong, slender, no leaves, seeds ovate, brown, rough surface.
Shape: Cuscuta mainly climbs on other plants, more twining, inflorescences lateral, pedicels somewhat stout, corolla white, pot-shaped, with lobes, triangular-ovate, acuminate or obtuse-rounded at the tip, persistent, ovary subglobose, stigma spherical.
Leaves: Cuscuta has twining stems and the plant has no leaves.
Color: Cuscuta stems are yellow, corollas are white, seeds are light brown.
Cuscuta Role and Value
Cuscuta is sweet, warm, and belongs to the kidney, liver, and spleen meridians, and has a very good nourishing effect, with the effect of nourishing the liver and kidney, tranquilizing the fetus, brightening the eyes, and stopping diarrhea.