Cuscuta reflexa

TaxID: 4129

Basic Information

Cuscuta reflexa

Beggar weed, Giant Dodder, southern Asian dodder

Cuscuta reflexa, the giant dodder or ulan ulan, is one of about 220 species in genus Cuscuta, in the family Convolvulaceae. It is common in the Indian subcontinent and the Greater Himalayas and as far south as Malaysia and Indonesia. This parasitic plant species is a leafless twined sprawling thin vine that grows over a host plant, including large trees. It will make garlands hanging down from tree canopies as long as 10 metres (33 ft). The flowers are small, bell shaped and white with yellow filaments.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Solanales

Convolvulaceae

Cuscuta

reflexa

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Cuscuta reflexa
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(c) Sagnik Dutta Roy@BY
Cuscuta reflexa
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(c) Sagnik Dutta Roy@BY
Cuscuta reflexa
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(c) Sagnik Dutta Roy@BY
Cuscuta reflexa
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(c) John Brew@BY
Cuscuta reflexa
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(c) connk@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (15 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Azerbaijan A2 list 2024
Belarus Quarantine pest 2010
Brazil A1 list 2018
Chile A1 list 2019
China Quarantine pest 2021
Egypt A2 list 2018
Guatemala Absent —
Israel Quarantine pest 2009
Jordan A1 list 2013
Kazakhstan A2 list 2017
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Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Bangladesh Present —
China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Sri Lanka Present —
Nepal Present —
Pakistan Present —
Thailand Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR1171084 stem - - 62376459 missing
SRR2142348 not attached filaments vegetative growth - 945254 Norway: Tromsoe

DNA Barcodes (14 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GCUDG430-13 - rbcLa 552 Pakistan 2012-10-01 30.55, 70.47
GBVX1858-13 - rbcL 1494 - - -
GBVR1867-13 - rbcL 1389 - - -
GBVK3496-11 - rbcL 1389 - - -
GBVK3495-11 - matK 1527 - - -
GBITS53280-21 - ITS 574 - - -
GBITS53279-21 - ITS 575 - - -
GBITS53278-21 - ITS 575 - - -
GBITS53277-21 - ITS 575 - - -
GBITS53276-21 - ITS 575 - - -
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Literature