Parasitic – using another plant as a source of nourishment.
Aeginetia indica is a holoparasitic herb of the Orobanchaceae family of plants, which occurs in Asia and is commonly known as Forest Ghost Flower.
For example, a 1996 in vitro study found Coptis chinensis extracts to be effective against the gastrointestinal parasite Blastocystis hominis.
Similar parasitism seems to occur on Guanacaste trees of the wet, southwestern lowlands (around Palmar Sur).
Infection is the contact made by one parasite individual with one host individual for the purposes of parasitism.
The genus contains two species found in north temperate areas that grow in a parasitic association with species of Scleroderma and Pisolithus.
Three species of Euphrasia (a semi-parasitic, herbaceous flowering plant commonly known as eyebright) are found only in Tasman National Park.