Cistanche phelypaea
(L.) Cout.
Orobanchaceae
Cistanche brunneri (Webb) Beck
Cistanche hesperugo (Webb) Beck
Cistanche lutea (Desf.) Hoffmanns. & Link
Cistanche phelypaea lutea (Desf.) Fern.Casas & Lainz
Cistanche senegalensis (Reut.) Beck
Cistanche tinctoria (Forssk.) Beck
Lathraea phelypaea L.
Orobanche tinctoria Forssk.
Phelipaea lutea Desf.
Phelipaea senegalensis Reut.
Phelypaea brunneri Webb
Phelypaea lutea Desf.
Phelypaea tinctoria Willd.
Common Name:
Flowering stems
Photograph by: ziegler175
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Flowering stems
Photograph by: ziegler175
Public domain
Flowers just opening
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General Information
Cistanche phelypaea is a chlorophyll-free, obligate parasitic plant with stout fleshy flowering stems bearing bright yellow flowers and rising to 30 cm tall from a swollen base[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Burkil. H. M.
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 1985 - 2004
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
].
The plant is gathered from the wild and used locally as a food.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
N. Africa - Cape Verde Is., Mauritania to Niger, north along the coast to S. Spain, Egypt, Arabia.
Habitat
Found in dry sandy coastal and inland sites[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Burkil. H. M.
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 1985 - 2004
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.30 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
A plant of the drier, lowland tropics to warm temperate zones.
Edible Uses
The plants are eaten like asparagus[
46- Title
- Dictionary of Economic Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Uphof. J. C. Th.
- Publisher
- Weinheim
- Year
- 1959
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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