found: Work cat.: Domestic program manual : witchweed : striga asiatica Lour., 1983.
found: Plants national database, Aug. 29, 2006(Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze; Asiatic witchweed; synonym: Striga lutea; lists three other species in genus Striga)
found: World's worst weeds, 1977:p. 456 (most frequently used common name for Striga lutea is witchweed. This is also a term used loosely to indicate several strigas across the world.)
found: Randall, R.P. Global compendium of weeks, 2002(Striga asiatic: Synonyms: Striga hirsuta, Striga lutea, Buchnera asiatica; common names: witchweed, red witchweed, mealie witchweed, Asiatic witchweed)