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Orobanchaceae

Ye gu

Aeginetia indica L.

Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Aeginetia

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Ye gu (Aeginetia indica)
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)
Chinese
野菰, 土灵芝草, 烟斗花, 马口含珠, 鸭脚板
English
Ye gu
Japanese
ナンバンギセル
Malayalam
ചെങ്കുമിൾ
mnw
ကဴကလအ်တိ
pam
Sampaga ning atbu
Thai
ดอกดิน
Vietnamese
Lệ dương, Tai đất Ấn

Synonyms

  • Orobanche aeginetia L.
  • Phelypaea indica (L.) Spreng. ex Steud.

Flowers

In flower
August to October (from 260 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.