0
cuscuta or dodder (amarbel) is a parasite that is a weed that looses its root after it derives its food from another plant and forms a special sucking roots to get all the nutrition from the other plant. the plant or organism from which it derive food is called host.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are the common names of cuscuta?
Dodder, hellweed, devil's gut, beggarweed, strangle tare, scaldweed, dodder of thyme , greater dodder, and lesser dodder. In Chinese, cuscuta seeds are called tu si zi.
What is the scientific name of the cuscuta plant?
Dodder is the scientific name of Cuscuta plant
What are the examples of parasitic?
cuscuta holly dodder rafflesia
What is botanical name for lesser dodder?
cuscuta epithymum
What is dodder in Tamil?
dodder - cuscuta - aakaasavalli-ஆகாசவல்லி- used for ayurvedic,unani medicine,and is a parasitic plant
What are the examples of parasitic plants?
cuscuta holly dodder rafflesia
How does cuscuta plant get its food?
Cuscuta is commonly known as dodder. It is a parasitic plant. It attaches itself to other plants and obtains its food from the host plant. The dodder produces haustoria that insert themselves into the vascular system of the host plant.
What kind of plant is an example of a parasitic plant?
Cuscuta Parasite Plant Dodder
What is the scientific name of dodder?
Cuscuta reflexa is the scientific name of dodder plant. It is a total parasite and nourishes from the host plant through haustoria.
What is the scientific name of dodder plant?
Cuscuta reflexa is the scientific name of dodder plant. It is a total parasite and nourishes from the host plant through haustoria.
What are some examples of parasitic plants?
like cuscuta dodder plant & venus flytrap & rafflesia
Is dodder a saprophyte?
Dodder is a total parasite . It is because the dodder plants absorbs water,mineral as well as food from the host. A partial parasite absorbs only water and minerals from the host as partial parasites contain chlorophyll.
