Santalaceae FAMILY
Thesium lineatum
Thesium lineatum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
The plant is responsible for fatal poisoning of cattle, sheep and goats. Thesiuside, a cardiac glucoside of the bufadienolide type, was identified as the active principle in poisoning[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Shrub
Growth—
Thesium species are parasitic on a wide range of plants, without evident host specificity. However, specific details are lacking for most of the African species[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Thesium+lineatum>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
- [2]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
- [3]Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8 — Var · L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent. · 1868 - 1917 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet.