Name: Hamool, Arook
Scientific name: Cuscuta pedicellata
Type: Herb
Color: Green,Yellow
Habitat: Cultivated Areas
Nature Reserves: Irkaya
Size: 40 - 90 cm
Conservation status:
Introduced
Description:
Growth form: Parasitic herb. Flowering. Apr. Status: Introduced. Rare. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded from cultivated areas on many different hosts including crops such as alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum); also on trees such as Prosopis and Ziziphus, and also on Chenopodium, Fagonia and Trigonella spp.
