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Description

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Perennial climber (in ours). Leaves simple, entire or lobed, not peltate. Male inflorescences of small many-flowered cymes, clustered (1-) 2-3 together; female inflorescences similar. Male flowers with 6 sepals; 3 outer reduced; the 3 inner concave, free; petals 6, often 2-fid or emarginate; stamens 6-9. Female flowers with similar sepals; staminodes 6 or 0; carpels 3-6. Fruits obovoid or flattened and rounded drupes.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cocculus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=584
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Cocculus

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Cocculus /ˈkɒkjuːləs/^[2] is a genus of 11 species of woody vines and shrubs, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of North America, Asia and Africa.^[3] The common name moonseed is also used for the closely related genus Menispermum.

Selected species

Cocculus carolinus (L.) DC. – red-berried moonseed or Carolina moonseed (southeastern United States)
Cocculus diversifolius DC. – correhuela (southern Texas, southern Arizona and northern Mexico)
Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels (tropical Africa east to India and Nepal)
Cocculus laurifolius DC. – laurel-leaved snail tree (Himalayas east to Japan)
Cocculus orbiculatus (L.) DC. – queen coralbead (India east to Java)
Cocculus sarmentosus (Lour.) Diels (Taiwan)^[4]^[5]^[6]

Formerly placed here

Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers (as C. palmatus (Lam.) DC.)
Pericampylus glaucus (Lam.) Merr. (as C. incanus Colebr.)
Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson (as C. diversifolius Miq.)
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as C. cordifolius (Willd.) DC.)^[5]

References

^ "Cocculus DC". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
^ Oudhia, P., 2008. Cocculus pendulus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Diels. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp> Archived November 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 20 October 2013.
^ "Subordinate Taxa of Cocculus DC". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Cocculus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
^ "Cocculus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-01.

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Cocculus: Brief Summary

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Cocculus /ˈkɒkjuːləs/ is a genus of 11 species of woody vines and shrubs, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of North America, Asia and Africa. The common name moonseed is also used for the closely related genus Menispermum.

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Coralbead

Cocculus

Description

Cocculus

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References

Cocculus: Brief Summary