Cassytha glabella
R.Br.
Lauraceae
Cassytha casuarinae Nees
Cassytha digitata Nees
Cassytha dispar Schltdl.
Cassytha microcephala Meisn.
Common Name: Devil's Twine
General Information
Cassytha glabella is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant with twining stems. A parastic plant, with its leaves reduced to minute scales, it scrambles over vegetation up to 100cm tall, attaching itself to host plants in order to gain nutruents[
1109- Title
- VicFlora - Flora of Victoria
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An om-line flora for the state of Victoria, Australia.
,
1461- Title
- Flora of Tasmania Online
- Publication
-
- Author
- Duretto MF (Ed.)
- Website
- http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania
- Publisher
- Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery: Hobart
- Year
- 2009
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent flora, in the process of being published (58 family treatments as of 2017). It can be accesed online and can also be downloaded as PDFs.
]
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
265- Title
- Flora of the Sydney Region
- Publication
-
- Author
- Carolin. R. & Tindale. M.
- Publisher
- Reed. Australia.
- Year
- 1993
- ISBN
- 0730104001
- Description
- Concise flora with little beyond an extensive key, species descriptions, very brief habitat description.
,
1109- Title
- VicFlora - Flora of Victoria
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An om-line flora for the state of Victoria, Australia.
,
1461- Title
- Flora of Tasmania Online
- Publication
-
- Author
- Duretto MF (Ed.)
- Website
- http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania
- Publisher
- Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery: Hobart
- Year
- 2009
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent flora, in the process of being published (58 family treatments as of 2017). It can be accesed online and can also be downloaded as PDFs.
Range
Australia - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia
Habitat
Widespread, most commonly found on coastal heath and heathy woodland, on sedges and shrubs; at elevations from sea level to 250 metres[
1109- Title
- VicFlora - Flora of Victoria
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An om-line flora for the state of Victoria, Australia.
,
1461- Title
- Flora of Tasmania Online
- Publication
-
- Author
- Duretto MF (Ed.)
- Website
- http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania
- Publisher
- Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery: Hobart
- Year
- 2009
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent flora, in the process of being published (58 family treatments as of 2017). It can be accesed online and can also be downloaded as PDFs.
]
Properties
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Climber |
| Height | 1.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The whole plant is used as a febrifuge[
152- Title
- Australian Medicinal Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T.
- Publisher
- New Holland Publishers
- Year
- 2001
- ISBN
- 1876334703
- Description
- A very good and readable guide to the subject.
]. The whole plant is used for bathing the body in order to relieve pain, rheumatism, and fever[
1884- Title
- Phytochemical Profile and Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Medicinal Plants Used by Aboriginal People of
- Publication
- Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2016, Article ID 4683059, 14 pages
- Author
- Akter K. et al
- Website
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4683059
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
]
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
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Useful Temperate Plants Database 2016 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
