Code
STRLU
Growth form
parasitic
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Buchnera aquatica Wight ex Steud. |
synonym | Buchnera asiatica L. |
synonym | Buchnera coccinea Benth. |
synonym | Buchnera heyneana D. Dietr. |
synonym | Buchnera phoenicea Wall. |
synonym | Campuleia coccinea Hook. |
synonym | Striga asiatica var. asiatica |
synonym | Striga asiatica var. coccinea (Hook.) S.S.R. Bennet |
synonym | Striga asiatica var. humilis (Benth.) D.Y. Hong |
synonym | Striga asiatica var. lutea (Lour.) M.R.Almeida |
synonym | Striga coccinea (Hook.) Benth. |
synonym | Striga coccinea (Hook.) Druce |
synonym | Striga eustriga Steud. |
synonym | Striga hirsuta Benth. |
synonym | Striga hirsuta var. humilis Benth. |
synonym | Striga lutea Lour. |
synonym | Striga lutea var. bicolor Kuntze |
synonym | Striga lutea var. bicolor Kuntze |
synonym | Striga parvula Miq. |
synonym | Striga phoenicea Benth. |
synonym | Striga pusilla Hochst. ex Benth. |
synonym | Striga zangebarica Klotzsch |
Comorian |
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Créole Réunion |
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Créole Seychelles |
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Malagasy |
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Mayotte: Striga asiatica flowers and fruits all year round.
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For more information , see the site AccessAgriculture :
a video on the biology of striga produced by ICRISATAttributions | Wiktrop |
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Distinctive characters of some species of Striga spp.
Habit | Height | Bract | Calyx | Flower color | Corolla tube | Species |
Candelstick with few leaves | 10-30 cm | 3-5 mm long, linear | 5 nervs | pale pink white cream |
bent upper than the calyx edge | Striga gesnerioides |
Candelstick with well developped leaves |
7-30 cm | 8 mm long, linear | 10 nervs | red yellow white |
bent upper than the calyx edge | Striga asiatica |
Candelstick with well developped leaves |
15-50 cm | longer than the calyx, lanceolate | 5 nervs | pink | bent at the calyx edge | Striga hermonthica |
Candelstick with well developped leaves |
15-45 cm | 3 mm long, linear | 10 nervs | pink white |
bent upper than the calyx edge | Striga aspera |
Candelstick with well developped leaves |
30-40 cm | 30 mm long | 10 nervs | yellowish white cream |
curve inflated | Striga passargei |
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Striga asiatica is a good indicator species of degraded soils with low fertility.
Comoros: This species grows on clayey and stony soils. It is present in the three islands,at low altitude areas especially in meadows of grasses.
Madagascar: Parasitic weed quite widespread in savanna areas (sub humid and semi arid: Middle-West, West, Northwest and Southwest).
Mauritius: Parasitic plant little known, it is found occasionally in sugar cane fields.
Mayotte: Striga asiatica is a native species, parasitic on grasses, discrete but quite common in lawns, padza, crops, pastures and degraded areas.
Reunion: Striga asiatica is a savannah plant that grows in sandy to clayey soil. In Reunion it is present mainly on the east and southeast of the island, up to Saint Pierre.
Seychelles: Present in cultivated areas and abandoned places.
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Origin
Striga asiatica is native to the old tropical world (Sub-Saharan Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, India, South East Asia)
Worldwide distribution
Striga asiatica has been introduced into North America.
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Striga%2520asiatica
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Orobanchaceae |
Genus | Striga |
Species | Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze |