Aeginetia indica

3-665.57.17

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Synonyme: Aeginetia japonica
English: Indian broomrape; Forest ghost flower.
Region: Asia, India.
Habitat: monsoon season, moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests.
Use: as a purple colouring in a Thai sticky rice flour dessert known as 'kanom dok din'.
Medical: antiscorbutic; clearing heat and toxins.
Botany: holoparasitic herb, root-parasite on Cannaceae, Commelinaceae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, Poaceae, and Zingiberaceae.

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