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Cistanche

Cistanche is a Eurasian and African genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots they parasitize. They are often known as desert hyacinths.

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Cistanche

Nodes20
Edges19
Triples26
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
Components1

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Cistanche

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related to Growth · 7
Cistanche → China, Growing, Haloxylon, Some, Taklimakan, They, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
related to Uses · 7
Cistanche → Along, Aside, Chinese, CITES Appendix, Haloxylon, The, With
related to Taxonomy · 6
Cistanche → China, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, The, There
related to External links · 4
Cistanche → Media, Wikimedia Commons Data, Wikispecies, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
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Cistanche → Eurasian and African genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae, loss of the host

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plants species desert genus host family deserticola nutrients water roots often known taxonomy chinese tubulosa holoparasitic orobanchaceae chlorophyll important region

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cistancheis aEurasian and African genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae0.90text
Cistancheis aloss of the host0.90text
Cistancherelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Cistancherelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Cistancherelated to External linksWikimedia Commons Data0.60section
Cistancherelated to External linksWikispecies0.60section
Cistancherelated to GrowthThey0.60section
Cistancherelated to GrowthGrowing0.60section
Cistancherelated to GrowthSome0.60section
Cistancherelated to GrowthTaklimakan0.60section
Cistancherelated to GrowthXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region0.60section
Cistancherelated to GrowthChina0.60section

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