Orobanche cernua Loefl., Iter Hispan. 152 152 1758. (syn. Orobanche cernua var. cumana (Wallr.) G. Beck; Orobanche cernua var. desertorum auct. non Beck: Cooke; Orobanche clavata Schiman-Czeika; Orobanche cumana Wally.; Orobanche nicotiana Wight; Orobanche wendelboi Schiman-Czekia); England, Slovakia, Romania, Spain, France, Corsica, Malta, Sicily, Italy, former
Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Crimea, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco,
Northern Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Armenia, NW-India, India, China (Gansu, Hebei,
Jilin, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang), Tibet,
Mongolia, Afghanistan (Badakshan, Bamyan, Faryab, Ghazni, Kabul, Wardak, Orozgan
/ Daykundi, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Samangan), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal,
Pakistan (Baluchistan, Chitral, Kurram, Pakistani Punjab, Swat), Pakistani
Kashmir (Baltistan, Astor, Karakorum), Jammu & Kashmir (Nubra, Ladakh),
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Chad, Tanzania,
Somalia, Socotra, Turkey (SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia), Bahrain, Egypt (NE-Egypt,
Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt), Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran,
Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, S-Iraq, W-Iraq:
Desert), Israel (C-Israel, coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev
Desert, Judean Desert, S-Negev Desert, Negev Desert), Jordania (S-Jordania,
W-Jordania), Kuwait, Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon), Oman (Dhofar), Saudi
Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Asir, Nejd Desert),
Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, Jbel Druze),
Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut, Tihama, W-Yemen) as per Catalogue of Life; Europe - Mediterranean to E. Asia Rocky slopes, especially in Lahul, 1500 - 3300 metres from Pakistan to C. Nepal in the Himalayas[51]. Woodland Garden Dappled Shade; Shady Edge; not Deep Shade; Root - cooked. It is roasted then eaten[177, 183]. (From PFAF)
photo of Tobacco plant parasite : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. please find attached photo of a root parasite of commercial crop Tobacco- Species: Orobanche cernua Loefl. var. desertorum Family: Orobanchaceae Place: KaLLahaLLI, Hunsur Taluk, Mysore District, Karnataka Photos: KR KIshendas Very nice photographs ..., and good find. In the Tobacco field, i came across this Root parasite commonly named as Bambaku. {Orobanche cernua (Family: Orobanchaceae) is a root parasite mainly seen on Tobacco crops. It is also reported on other Solanaceae crops. This Bambaku infects the roots of the crops and causes severe damage.) Location: near Kolhapur, Maharashtra Identified by ... Orobanche cernua is a small annual, leafless erect herb growing upto 20 to 30cm. Flowers are seen in dense terminal spikes.) Enclosing the photograph of the Tobacco field were i had spotted this herb and also the photographs of Orobanche cernua. in this case its welcome because of the health hazards that the parent plat/host plant leads to or is led to by humans... |
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