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| September 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
September 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
| Family | Orobanchaceae |
| Scientific name | Aeginetia indica L. |
| Synonyms | Aeginetia indica L. var. gracilis Nakai; Aeginetia japonica Siebold & Zuccarini; Orobanche aeginetia L.; Phelipaea indica (L.) Sprengel ex Steudel |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) nanban-giseru (ナンバンギセル, 南蛮煙管 [meaning: foreign tobacco pipe]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka | |
| Habitat | Field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=30 |
| Description | Plants 15-25cm tall. Flowers calyxs ca. 2-3cm long, purple corollas 3-3.5cm long, flowering in August to October. Annual plants. |
| Reference | Aeginetia indica L. |
| Aeginetia indica Linnaeus | |
| Method for the treatment of cancer (US Patent 5366725/1994) | |
| Antiviral agents from plant extraxts and use for treatment of viral infections (Canada Patent 2271622) | |
| Note | Parasitic plants (mainly Miscanthus sinensis, Saccharum officinarum or Zingiber mioga) |
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| September 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
September 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
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| October 2007 at lowland field |
October 2007 at lowland field |
October 2007 at lowland field |
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| October 2006 at lowland field |
