Thanks for showing the clear photographs of yellow parasitic flowering plant.
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > *Cuscuta chinensis * Lam. > > > > - *kus-KEW-tuh* -- ancient Latin name for dodder, probably of Arabic > origin > *chi-NEN-sis* -- of or from China > > > [image: Cuscuta chinensis var. > chinensis]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2875877448%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfuZBB6piGe-LHkvj2B3gT3oJwVIg> > Sep 21, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra > > > *commonly known as*: Chinese dodder • *Hindi*: अमरबेल amar bel, मखनियो > makhanio • *Konkani*: अमोरवेल amorvel • *Marathi*: अमरवेल amarvel > > *Native to*: China, Japan, Korea; naturalized elsewhere > > *References*: Flowers of > India<http://www,flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Dodder.html>• > Floristic > Survey of Institute of > Science<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fiscmumbai.maharashtra.gov.in%2Ffloristic%2520survey.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcUoz-zDUNsQiwoI1xlFNbeldxUlw>• > eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D2%26taxon_id%3D200018812&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzflBekf0-GBJs3Y2kjriy-Otpf2Iw> > > > *more views*: > > - Sep 21, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra > [image: Chinese > Dodder]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2875874264%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdfo9nFLsKbKtBBcBs1HdvOPf_EIg> > - May 29, 2010 ... at Rajgurunagar, near Pune, Maharashtra > [image: Amar Bel (Hindi: > अमरबेल)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4663032727%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdGDSiMdKsyZLd0X4RX1FAu6CBKfA> > - Jan 26, 2008 ... near Saphale Ghat, Maharashtra > [image: Dodder and > Casuarina]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2222511577%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcj5jWGhqf63Jx3mcLfdfa6v8QGjw> > > > > Regards. > Dinesh -- Dr Satish Phadke
