Cocculus

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. The related Indian Berry (Anamirta cocculus) is known as "Cocculus Indicus" in pharmacology.

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]

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]

↑ "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>. Accessed 20 October 2013.
↑ "Subordinate Taxa of Cocculus DC.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "GRIN Species Records of Cocculus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
↑ "Cocculus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-01.

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