Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke

English: Cowpea witchweed

Kingdom: Plantae (2625)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)

      Order: Scrophulariales (94)

        Family: Orobanchaceae (15)(family description)

          Genus: Striga (2)

            Epithet: gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke (1)

gesnerioides => resembling a species of the genus Gesneria

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

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