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what kind of a plant is cuscuta

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Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. ... Instead, it grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth and weakening the host plant

Explanation:

Cuscuta is a genus of over 201 species of yellow, orange, parasitic plants also known as Amar bail in India. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it now is accepted as belonging in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, on the basis of the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.

Seeds of Cuscuta reflexa have carminative and anthelmintic properties and used to treat bilious disorder

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