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Cocculus hirsutus
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Family:
MENISPERMACEAE
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Citation: 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.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pathalagarudakkodi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Broom creeper, Ink berry
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Description:
Slender climbers, young branchlets tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, 1.5-7 x 0.5-4.7 cm, variable in shape, the lower leaves of the main branches larger, sometimes 3-5 lobed, upper leaves smaller, narrowly to broadly ovate to elliptic, base cuneate to slightly cordate, apex obtuse to rounded and mucronulate, basal nerves 5; petioles 0.3-2 cm, long, pilose. Inflorescence of 2-3 cymules clustered together, peduncled, 0.5-2.5 cm long, tomentose. Male flowers: sepals greenish, pilose, 3 inner broadly ovate to obovate, 1.5-2.5 mm long, 3 outer oblong to lanceolate, 1.4-2 mm long; petals ovate-oblong, 0.5-1.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent to glabrous; stamens 0.7-1 mm long. Female flowers: staminodes 0.5 mm long; carpels 3, 0.7-1 mm long. Drupes turning black, 4-8 mm diam.; endocarp ridged with a prominent dorsal crest.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa, Asia from Central Arabia to South China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kuchimudi
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