European dodder

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Turkey, "

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Alterative, Anodyne, Aperient, Apertif

Science studied: ASH, GLUCOSE, K20, PHLOBAPHENE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Cuscutaceae

Scientific name: Cuscuta europaea

Common names: European dodder, (nesle-snikjetråd), (nesle-snyltetråd), Cuscuta europea, Cuscute d'Europe, Cuscute d’Europe, Grande cuscute, Cwlwm y Coed, Cwlwm y Gwydd, Cyfnydd, Europäische Seide, Europäische Seide (Unterart)

History

The source record documents this plant in Turkey, ".

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Alterative
• Anodyne
• Aperient
• Apertif
• Aphrodisiac
• Cancer
• Carminative
• Demulcent

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Turkey
• "

Documented cultural uses

• Alterative
• Anodyne
• Aperient
• Apertif
• Aphrodisiac
• Cancer
• Carminative
• Demulcent
• Depurative
• Diuretic
• Liver
• Scurvy

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• Complex sequence organization of heterochromatin in the holocentric plant <i>Cuscuta europaea</i> elucidated by the computational analysis of nanopore reads. · 2021 source ↗
• Mitotic Spindle Attachment to the Holocentric Chromosomes of <i>Cuscuta europaea</i> Does Not Correlate With the Distribution of CENH3 Chromatin. · 2020 source ↗
• First Report of Dodder (Cuscuta europaea) Parasitizing Another Dodder Species (C. lupuliformis) in Poland · 2019 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• ASH
• GLUCOSE
• K20
• PHLOBAPHENE
• TANNIN
• BERGENIN
• LEUCOANTHOCYANIN

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.