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LATIN NAME: Cuscuta chinensis
COMMON NAME: Chinese Dodder
The Chinese dodder strings the golden, leafless stems over the host plants, the dense, tangled mats spreading across the open ground, and the whole plant carries the curious, parasitic look of the warm verge. The slender, annual, parasitic vine carries no true leaves, the thin, golden-yellow or orange, twining stems coiling around the host stems and drawing on them with the small, peg-like haustoria, and the small, white, bell-shaped, five-lobed flowers in the dense, globular clusters along the stems, through the late summer, one of the curious, quiet sights of the warm verge, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, rounded capsules with the few, tiny, hard seeds. The tiny, hard seeds have a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, and the plant is a historic presence of the warm verge. It is a plant of the open, sunny, light, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Chinese dodder is a historic subject of the plant science, and the parasitic habit keeps showing up in the work on the twining parasites. The way the thin, golden-yellow or orange, twining stems coil around the host stems and draw on them with the small, peg-like haustoria has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the parasitic plants, the leafless stems and the members of the morning-glory family. The tiny, hard seeds and the curious habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the Chinese dodder is a regular subject of the work on the parasitic habit of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Chinese dodder is a curious, useful plant of the warm verge and the study collection. The thin, golden-yellow or orange, twining stems coiling around the host stems carry the curious look of the warm verge, one of the curious, quiet sights of the warm verge, drawing the bees, and the tiny, hard seeds have a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, the prepared stems coming to the old remedies and the steady practice of the old shops, while the small, white, bell-shaped, five-lobed flowers in the dense, globular clusters along the stems open through the late summer, to be followed by the small, rounded capsules with the few, tiny, hard seeds. It is one of the fine choices for the warm verge, the wild corner and the study collection, and it has been written up in the botanical and the scientific papers for the parasitic habit and the very long history. It is a curious, useful plant of the open, sunny, light, well-drained garden.
The dodder seeds germinate readily in a gritty, sandy mix kept warm and moist. The young golden strings are quick once they root, and they take the light ground well where a host plant grows nearby.
To grow the Chinese dodder from seed, sow the tiny, hard seeds singly over the surface of the deep tray of gritty, sandy soil, water gently, then keep the tray in a bright, warm spot. The seedlings come through within a couple of weeks, and they grow on fast. With the sun and the light, well-drained ground and a host plant to climb, the golden strings will spread over the warm months.
Chinese Dodder Seeds ( Tu Si Zi ) Chinese Herbs Articles
Chinese Dodder Seeds ( Tu Si Zi ) Chinese Herbs Articles, also known as Beggarweed, Cuscutae, Devil's Guts, Dodder Of Thyme, Hellweed,
Lesser Dodder, Scaldweed, Strangle Tare, Tu Si Zi, Tu Sizi. Cuscuta epithymum; Cuscuta chinensis. It belong to the "Convolvulaceae" family.
Chinese Dodder Seeds ( Tu Si Zi ) has a sweet, pungent and neurtal properties. It is use for treating the kidney and liver.
Chinese Dodder Seeds ( Tu Si Zi ) Usage
tonify kidneys, strengthen yin, secures essence, reserves urine.
tonify liver, improves vision.
strengthen spleen, stops diarrhea.
calms fetus, habitual/threatened miscarriage.
Chinese Dodder Seeds ( Tu Si Zi )Other Use
Orally, dodder is used for urinary tract, spleen, and hepatic disorders