Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Cebatha hirsuta (L.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Cocculus aristolochiae DC. |
| synonym | Cocculus hastatus DC. |
| synonym | Cocculus hirsutus (L.) W. Theobald |
| synonym | Cocculus hirsutus Diels |
| synonym | Cocculus hirsutus Druce |
| synonym | Cocculus holopeira-torrida Broun & Massey |
| synonym | Cocculus sepium Colebr. |
| synonym | Cocculus villosus (Lam.) DC. |
| synonym | Holopeira auriculata Miers |
| synonym | Holopeira laeviuscula Miers |
| synonym | Holopeira torrida Miers |
| synonym | Holopeira villosa Miers |
| synonym | Limacia villosa (DC.) W. Theobald |
| synonym | Menispermum hastatum Lam. |
| synonym | Menispermum hirsutum L. |
| synonym | Menispermum myosotis L. |
| synonym | Menispermum myosotoides L. |
| synonym | Menispermum myosuroides Hill |
| synonym | Menispermum villosum Lam. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Leaves 5-7 x 3-4 cm, ovate, apex obtuse, base cordate, hirsute; petiole to 1 cm; male flowers in axillary panicles; sepals 6, obovate, free; petals 6, obovate bifid, free, base auricled; stamens 6, free, included; female flowers in axillary fascicles or racemes; sepals 6, obovate, biseriate; petals 6, oblanceolate, hairy, carpels 3. Drupe to 8 mm, globose, purple.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: Climber
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Dry Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry deciduous forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Tropical Africa, Asia from Central Arabia to South China
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: All districts
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N.Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Palakkad
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Unani, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=596
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=596 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels in Engl., Pflanzenreich Menispermac. 236. 1910; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 29(21). 1915; Gangop. in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1:318.1993; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 7. 2002.
- Menispermum hirsutum L., Sp. Pl. 341. 1753.
- Cocculus villosus (Lam.) DC., Syst. 1: 525. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 101. 1872.
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=596
Information Listing > References
- Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels in Engl., Pflanzenreich Menispermac. 236. 1910; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 29(21). 1915; Gangop. in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1:318.1993; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 7. 2002.
- Menispermum hirsutum L., Sp. Pl. 341. 1753.
- Cocculus villosus (Lam.) DC., Syst. 1: 525. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 101. 1872.
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=596
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Ranunculales |
| Family | Menispermaceae |
| Genus | Cocculus |
| Species | Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels |
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