Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Menispermaceae | Genus: Cocculus | Species: Cocculus hirsutus (Linn.) W.Theob. |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Menispermum hirsutum L. , Cocculus villosus DC. | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Broom Creeper, ink berry | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | ink berry | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | farid buti, wallur | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1200 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Drupe purple, compressed, tomentose. |
| Habitat | Dry deciduous forests, wastelands | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Tropical and subtropical India. Tropical Africa, Asia from C. Arabia to S. China | Bark Details | Brownish green in colour. Hairy when young, hairless when mature. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Straggling climber up to 6 m, more or less villous. Leaves triangular to ovate, base rounded, truncate or cordate, margin entire, apex obtuse, rounded or emarginate, mucronate, undersurface densely villous, pubescent to glabrescent above. Male flowers in axillary, short-peducled small capitate cymes, much shorter than the leaves. Sepals free, outer ones obovate, inner ones oblanceolate. Petals free, greenish, obovate, glabrous. Stamens enclosed by petals; anthers dehiscing vertically. Female flowers 1-3 from short axillary peduncles. Sepals as in male. Petalshairy. Carpels 3. Drupe purple, compressed, tomentose. | Leaf Details | Leaves triangular to ovate, base rounded, truncate or cordate, margin entire, apex obtuse, rounded or emarginate, mucronate, undersurface densely villous, pubescent to glabrescent above. |
