Parasitic plants project. Plants are parasites. From the flower department

Broomrape has seeds as light as fluff, which are capable of sticking with particles of earth to the soles of shoes, agricultural tools, and also spread over great distances with the help of wind and water. When the seeds fall on the ground, their ability to germinate is not lost for 5-10 years.

Dodder is dangerous for many plants.

The host plant containing dodder undergoes tremendous changes. Due to the fact that he has to feed the pest with his own juices and useful substances, his metabolism is disturbed, it begins to grow and develop more slowly, as a result, it weakens and depletes.

Mistletoe can be confused with a normal plant, because. looks like a bush

Due to the fact that the berries have a slimy and sticky pulp, birds are forced to clean their beaks after eating. They rub them against the branches of already other trees, where they leave particles of berries, which, having stuck to them, begin their germination.

broomrape application

Broomrape has a rare chemical composition and has been used with great success in the treatment of:

• neurological diseases;
• intestinal colic;
• flatulence;
• toothache;
• enterocolitis;
• allergies;
• migraines;
• cystitis.

Despite the harm of broomrape to plants, it can help with toothaches.

Some recipes for medicines using broomrape:

• To get rid of allergies, you need to take a spoonful of dried plant roots, pour a glass of boiled water. Next, the dishes are placed in a water bath for 5-6 minutes. After that, the medicine should be allowed to stand for an hour. After the specified time has passed, the product must be filtered and water added to it to get the initial volume. This decoction is used in a quarter cup three times throughout the day.
• To get rid of migraines, 2 tablespoons of dried broomrape flowers are taken, 500 ml of water is added and placed in a water bath for several minutes. After the specified time has passed, it is removed from the fire and allowed to stand for another hour. After that, the medicine is filtered and consumed in half a glass 3 times a day.
• To cure cystitis, 2 tablespoons of plant flowers are taken, poured with a glass of boiling water and left for an hour. After that, the agent is filtered and consumed 30 ml 4 times a day.

Broomrape can be used for migraines

Dodder application

Dodder has long been used by people to treat:

• toothache;
• hiccups;
• painful menstruation;
• colds;
• gastrointestinal diseases;
• to normalize the patency of the bile ducts.

Dodder will help to cope with hiccups

Consider some recipes using dodder:

• To improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, 50 g of a dried plant is taken, poured with two glasses of water, and placed in a water bath for half an hour. Then medicine cooled, filtered, added pure water until the initial volume is obtained, and left in a dark place. The medicine is used 100 g before each meal.
• To get rid of itching in skin diseases, 50 g of a dried plant is taken, poured with 2 liters of water and placed in a steam bath for half an hour. After the allotted time has passed, the product cools and is filtered. Medicinal decoction added to the bathroom before bathing.
• Also, with the help of this plant, you can soothe toothaches. For this, 25 g of the dried plant is taken, 250 ml of boiling water is poured and left for an hour. After the allotted time, the drug is ready. They rinse the oral cavity 3 times throughout the day.

At high blood pressure you can make mistletoe tea

Application of mistletoe

• To get rid of worms, 1 tablespoon of the dried plant is taken, 500 ml of boiling water is poured and left for 3 hours. After this time has passed, the drug is filtered and consumed in 125 ml doses before breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Mistletoe tea is very good for lowering blood pressure. To do this, 1 spoon of the plant is filled with water, and left for 6-7 hours. Then it is filtered and drunk in a cup.

Despite the fact that with the help of these plants it is possible to get rid of many health problems, one should not forget that they are highly toxic. Therefore, before starting treatment, it is imperative to consult with your doctor.

In the fleshy fruits of Rafflesia, a huge number of seeds ripen. A layer or other large animal, passing through the jungle, steps on these fruits, crushes them, and the seeds stick to its feet. If an animal steps on a cissus root anywhere again, the rafflesia seeds will stick to the root and germinate. The sprout from the seed will make a hole in the bark of the host plant and give rise to cellular strands that will develop between the living cells of the cissus (in the intercellular spaces) and suck out nutrients from them.

Rafflesia Arnoldi is found only in Sumatra. Other types of rafflesia, with smaller flowers, are found in Java and other islands of the Malay Archipelago. amazing flower rafflesia is unusual even for the local population and gives rise to superstition. On the island of Java, until recently, it was considered sacred and worshiped.

Broomrape can be seen on crops of sunflower, hemp, tobacco, clover, among horticultural crops. It is easily distinguished by the pale brown color of the stem and scaly leaves. These leaves are never green: they do not have chlorophyll. Numerous rather large flowers, most often bluish-purple, sit on the upper part of the stem. A significant part of the broomrape is in the soil. With its expanded base, its stem adheres to the roots of the host plant.

Broomrapes reproduce by seeds that germinate on the soil surface. A filamentous seedling has no ordinary cotyledons, neither a stem nor a root can be distinguished on it: it all consists of identical delicate cells.

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Dodder

In nature, there are more than 100 varieties of dodder, but the most harmful for our latitudes are field, flax and clover. It sucks juices from the donor plant until it completely dries it.

king-grass

It is interesting that Peter the Cross spends the first 10-15 years of his life underground. During this period, its root system is actively developing, which ultimately takes the form of a cross. The plant releases flowers only after the root is fully formed.

Despite being beautiful appearance rafflesia, it is better to admire it from afar. The flower exudes the smell of rotten meat for a long distance. Because of this, rafflesia got its second name - corpse lily. In this way, the plant attracts scavenger insects for reproduction. Flies flock to the putrid "aroma" and pollinate the flower. After that, a hard fruit with seeds inside is formed in the plant.

After a while, the flower dies and begins to decompose. The fruit with seeds remains, and already large animals help to spread them, which, passing by the rafflesia, crush the fruit. The seeds of the flower stick to the feet of animals and spread through the forest. Of the huge number of seeds, only 1-2 pieces survive and give life to a new flower.

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One of these plants is mistletoe. To ensure its existence, mistletoe lets special suckers deep into the woody tissues of the host plant on which it settled.

The same type of mistletoe can settle on different trees, but there are subspecies adapted only to conifers or only to deciduous species. As soon as a sprout of pine mistletoe begins its destructive activity on a pear, the tissues of the pear become dead and the mistletoe dies. But if the seeds of pear mistletoe got on the pear, then they will take root. Mistletoe lives on a pear from twenty to fifty years, sometimes in the end the pear dies, but not always.

A bush of mistletoe on a pear (comb-shaped suction cups of mistletoe

In the European part of Russia, and especially in the deserts, there is another parasite - broomrape. Desert broomrape species parasitize roots saxaul, pulling out from its roots not only water and mineral salts, but also organic substances. Once near the roots of the future host, miniature broomrape seeds germinate and take root in them. The broomrape grows rapidly, stretching out above the soil surface in the form of fatty inflorescences. Broomrape (other species) also parasitizes on agricultural crops - clover, alfalfa and many others.

Plants - "robbers" The presentation was prepared by: Bolshakova Elena Ivanovna, teacher additional education children MOUDOD "Kirishsky children's and children's youth" 2015

Bud ripening lasts several months, and flowering lasts several days. The fruits are berry-shaped and contain numerous seeds. Seeds are dispersed by large mammals (such as elephants with crushed berries stuck to their feet) and insects (such as ants). Due to massive deforestation, the habitats of rafflesia are shrinking.

Peter's cross (scale, lurker, king-grass) perennial plant– Europe and Asia. In the soil, the root branches and forms cruciform joints, from which the name of the plant comes. They exist entirely at the expense of the host plant, due to the lack of chlorophyll.

Maryanniki bloom in early summer. Flowers maryannika oaky yellow with bright blue bracts. Meadow maryannik does not have elegant purple bracts. They are considered good honey plants. The seeds serve as fodder for forest game. Settling next to an anthill, it scatters its seeds, similar to ant pupae. The ants drag them into their burrows, where the seeds germinate. Ants feed on the fleshy appendages of the seeds.

Blooms in May - June. The yellow flowers look like cockscombs. When the plant is rocked, the ripened seeds knock ("rattle") against the walls of the fruit (hence the name of the plant). Rattle - poisonous plant, including seeds.

It is of food importance for birds. Seeds are dispersed mainly by thrushes. When eating berries, they stain their beak with a sticky berry mass that contains seeds. Flying from tree to tree and cleaning their beaks on branches, birds stain them with a sticky substance and throw out seeds with feces. Glued seeds begin to germinate after a while. Glue can be made from fruits. The leaves and stems are poisonous and ingestion can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The extract from young leaves is used in medicine. For many nations, mistletoe is a symbol of life and a protective talisman.

White, pink or green flowers are collected in spherical inflorescences. Seeds remain viable in the soil for up to 8-10 years. The plant is poisonous.