Cocculus pendulous (J.R. & G.Forst) Diels.

 
  • Family : MENISPERMACEAE
    (MOONSEED FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Menispermaceae
  • Species : Cocculus pendulous
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cocculus pendulous (J.R. & G.Forst) Diels.
  • Key identification features : Climbers with thick stem bearing puberulous branchlets; Leaves alternate, glabrous -puberulous, nerved at the base; Male flowers sessile or subsessile in axillary fascicles; Calyx ovate-elliptic, fleshy-membranous, glabrous -puberulous; Female flowers axillary-solitary; Fruit is a ovoid-obovoid-reniform compressed drupe turning reddish-black when dry.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Native : Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district)
  • Literature : Parthsarathy, N & Muthumperumal, C 2009. Check List 5(1): 092-111
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cocculus pendulous. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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