Orobanche fasciculata

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Orobanche fasciculata

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Orobanche
Species:
O. fasciculata
Binomial name
Orobanche fasciculata
Synonyms

Anoplanthus fasciculatus
Aphyllon fasciculatum
Thalesia fasciculata
Thalesia lutea

Orobanche fasciculata is a species of

corolla
1.5–3 cm (581+18 in) long. The flower is yellowish or purplish in color.

Uses

Among the Zuni people the powdered plant is inserted into the rectum as a hemorrhoid remedy.[2]

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 25708726
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  2. ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 61)

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