Centranthera

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants belonging to the broomrape family}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Plantae Asiaticae rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants (Tab. 45) BHL449529.jpg

|image_caption = Centranthera hispida

|taxon = Centranthera

|authority = R.Br. 1810Robert Brown, Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 438. 1810

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Centranthera is a genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003641 Tropicos: Centranthera] The genus is distributed in Asia.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106032 Centranthera.] Flora of China. eFloras. There are about 10 species in this genus, and the majority have funnel-shaped flowers. In Nepal, Centranthera cochinchinensis is reportedly used an alternate fodder.{{cite journal |last1=O'Neill |first1=Alexander |last2=Rana |first2=Santosh|date=2017-07-16 |title= An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya |journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |volume=12 |issue=14 |pages= 14|doi= 10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y|pmid=26912113 |pmc=4765049 |doi-access=free }}