Cocculus Explained

Cocculus ^[1] is a genus of four species of woody vines and shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia.

Species

Four species are accepted:

• Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels – tropical Africa east to India and Nepal
• Cocculus madagascariensis – Madagascar
• Cocculus prainianus – Nagaland and Nicobar Islands
• Cocculus taiwanianus – Taiwan

Formerly placed here

• Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers (as C. palmatus (Lam.) DC.)
• Nephroia carolina (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. carolinus)
• Nephroia diversifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. diversifolius)
• Nephroia orbiculata (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang (as C. orbiculatus and C. sarmentosus)
• Pachygone laurifolia (as C. laurifolius)
• Pericampylus glaucus (Lam.) Merr. (as C. incanus Colebr.)
• Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson (as C. acutus, C. diversifolius Miq., and C. heterophyllus)
• Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson (as C. cordifolius (Willd.) DC.)^[2]

External links

• Cocculus carolinus images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu

Notes and References

1. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
2. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Cocculus . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2011-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090120162813/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2741 . 2009-01-20 . dead .