Indian Broomrape

"Aeginetia indica" is a holoparasitic herb of the Orobanchaceae family of plants, which occurs in Asia and is commonly known as Forest Ghost Flower. It is a root-parasite commonly found in the monsoon season on the floors of moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests of India. The forest ghost flowerhost parasitises plants of the Cannaceae, Commelinaceae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, Poaceae, and Zingiberaceae.