Family: Scrophulariaceae
Synonym: Buchnera
asiatica L.
Vernacular name:
Kalupullappan
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Grassy
areas in deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution: South East
Asia and Africa
Flowering and Fruiting: July-September
Key identification features: Annual erect herbs with leaves are
simple, opposite, lanceolate to oblanceolate, and densely scabrid. The flowers
are sessile, arranged in a terminal spike, with lanceolate bracts and
bracteoles. The corolla is yellow. Fruit is a capsule.
Use: It is a hemi parasitic plant
that invades crops like corn, rice, sorghum, and sugar cane, causing
significant yield reductions.
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