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Cocculus pendulus
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Family:
MENISPERMACEAE
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Citation: Cocculus pendulus (J.R. & G. Forst.) Diels in Engl., Pflanzenreich Menispermac. 237. 1910; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 29(21). 1915; Gangop. in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1:320.1993; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 64. 2002; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 182. 2005.
Epibaterium pendulum J.R. & G. Forst., Char. Gen. 108, t. 54. 1776.
Cocculus leaeba DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 527. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 102. 1872.
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Description:
Lianas; stem to 15 cm thick; branchlets puberulous. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, truncate, cuneate, rounded or 3 -lobed-hastate at base, obtuse, mucronate or emarginate at apex, 1.5-5 x 0.5-3 cm, glabrous to slightly puberulous, 3-5 nerved at base. Male flowers sessile or subsessile, in axillary 5-20 mm long fascicles; peduncles ca 1.5 cm long; sepals ovate-elliptic, fleshy or membranous; Outer 3 sepals 1-1.5 x 0.4-0.7 mm, sparsely puberulous; inner 3 larger, puberulous to glabrous, shining; petals ovate to obovate, 0.8-2 x 0.5-1 mm; stamens 0.8-1.5 mm long. Female flowers axillary, solitary, rarely in pairs; peduncles 0.7-1.3 cm long; sepals and petals as in male ones; carpels ca 1 mm long. Drupes ovoid to obovoid or reniform, compressed, 4-7 x 4-5 mm, reddish, black when dry; endocarp ribbed on lateral faces, not crested, not perforated in middle.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungle and deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan to tropical and subtropical Africa
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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:
-700
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Localities:
Bonaccord
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