<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Lauraceae&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Lauraceae</a> (laurel family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Cassythafiliformis&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Cassytha filiformis</a></i>
</p><p><b>kas-SITH-ee-a</b> -- from the Greek word <i>kassyo</i> (sew, patch)
<b>fil-ih-FOR-miss</b> -- meaning, threadlike
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: air creeper, devil's gut, dodder-laurel, green thread creeper, love vine, moss creeper, princess hair, Sita's yarn, woe-wine • <b>Hindi</b>: आकास बेल akas bel • <b>Kannada</b>: ಆಕಾಶ ಬಳ್ಳೀ aakaasha balli, ಅಮರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ amara balli, ಬೀಳು ಬಳ್ಳಿ bilu balli, ದಾರದ ಬಳ್ಳಿ daarada balli, ಜನಿವಾರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ janivaara balli, ಮಮ್ಗನ ಉಡಿದಾರ mamgana udidaara • <b>Konkani</b>: आंकासवेल ankasvel • <b>Marathi</b>: अमरवेल amarvel, अंबरवेल ambarvel • <b>Oriya</b>: akashavuli • <b>Sanskrit</b>: आकासवल्ली akasavalli • <b>Tamil</b>: எருமைக்கொற்றான் erumai-k-korran, தூற்றுமைக்கொற்றான் turrumai-k-korran, பசுங்கொற்றான் pacu-n-korran • <b>Telugu</b>: ఆకాశవల్లి akasa-valli • <b>Urdu</b>: آکاس بيل akas bel
</p><p><b>Distribution</b>: pantropic
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Love%20Vine.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/71821/">Dave's Garden</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&amp;taxon_id=200008689">eFlora</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?400199">GRIN</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://envis.frlht.org.in/botanical_search.php?txtbtname=Cassytha&amp;gesp=475%7CCassytha+filiformis+L.">FRLHT</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/7210850342/">Ankasvel (Konkani: आंकासवेल)</a>