Lauraceae
Devil's gut
Cassytha filiformis
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Cassytha
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Common names
By language (15)
- Bambara
- Alajɔ
- Bangla
- সীতার চুল
- Chinese
- 无根藤, 無根草, 無根藤, 无头草, 无爷藤, 罗网藤, 无根草
- English
- Devil's gut, Air creeper, Love vine
- French
- Bonnet carré, Bonnet d’évêque
- Japanese
- スナヅル
- kcg
- A̱la̱gba sang a̱tyin, A̱la̱gba sang-a̱tyin, A̱yaala̱gba sang a̱tyin
- Malay
- Rambut puteri
- Sindhi
- آڪاس ول
- Sundanese
- Sanggalangit
- Tamil
- உழிஞைக் கொடி
- Telugu
- ఆకాశవల్లి
- Thai
- สังวาลย์พระอินทร์
- Tongan
- Fatai
- Urdu
- آکاس بیل
Synonyms
- Calodium cochinchinense Lour.
- Calodium cochinchinensis Lour.
- Cassytha americana Nees
- Cassytha americana var. brachystachya Meisn.
- Cassytha americana var. brasiliensis (Mart. ex Nees) Meisn.
- Cassytha americana var. puberula Meisn.
- Cassytha aphylla Raeusch.
- Cassytha archboldiana C.K.Allen
- Cassytha brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees
- Cassytha corniculata Burm.f.
- Cassytha cuscutiformis Meisn.
- Cassytha dissitiflora Meisn.
- Cassytha filiformis f. pycnantha Domin
- Cassytha filiformis subsp. guineensis (Schumach. & Thonn.) De Wild.
- Cassytha filiformis var. pseudopubescens Domin
- Cassytha filiformis var. puberula (Meisn.) León & Alain
- Cassytha filiformis var. subpubescens Meisn.
- Cassytha guineensis Schumach. & Thonn.
- Cassytha guineensis var. livingstonii Meisn.
- Cassytha lifuensis Guillaumin
- Cassytha macrocarpa Guillaumin
- Cassytha novoguineensis Kaneh. & Hatus.
- Cassytha paradoxae Proctor
- Cassytha senegalensis A.Chev.
- Cassytha timoriensis Gand.
- Cassytha zeylanica Gaertn.
- Rumputris fasciculata Raf.
- Spironema aphylla Raf.
- Volutella aphylla Forssk.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.