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.