Cocculus hirsutus ?? -210310-PKA1

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Prashant awale

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Mar 21, 2010, 4:48:37 AM3/21/10
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Dear Friends,
Came across this climber with tiny flowers and globuse fruits in Mumbai. Kindly validate the ID.

Botanical name:

Cocculus hirsutus ??     

Family:

  Menispermaceae  ??

Date/Time-

 

21-03-2010 /09:20 AM

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-

 

Chembur, Mumbai

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-

 

Wild

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- 

 

Climber

Height/Length-

 

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Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-

 

 Alternate, base some what  Cordate, Mucronate, velvety, 1.5 cm to 5 cm long,

 petiole 3 mm to 8mm

 (Photograph enclosed)

Inflorescence Type/ Size-

 

 Flowers on axillary stalks (Photograph enclosed)

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-

 

Very small  2 to 5 mm across (Greenish), Peduncle: 0.4 to 1cm

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-

 

Globuse berry – 8 to 10mm(Greenish & dark purple)

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-

 

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regards
Prashant
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Dinesh Valke

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Mar 21, 2010, 5:41:46 AM3/21/10
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Yes ... it is Cocculus hirsutus.

the common names: broom creeper, ink berry • Bengali: huyer • Hindi: फ़रीद बूटी farid buti • Kannada: ದಾಗಡಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ daagadi balli, ದಾಗಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು daagadi soppu, ಕಾಗೆ ಮಾರಿ kaage maari • Konkani: वासनवेल vasanvel • Malayalam: പാതാളഗരുഡക്കൊടി paathaalagarudakkoti, പാതാളമൂലി paathaalamuuli • Marathi: वासनवेल vasanvel • Oriya: musakani • Punjabi: ਫਰੀਦ ਬੂਟੀ farid buti, ਵੱਲੂਰ wallur • Sanskrit: अम्बष्ठः ambastha, दीर्घकन्द dirghakanda, दीर्घवल्ली dirghavalli, गारुडी garudi, महामूल mahamula, पातालगारुडी patalagarudi, प्राचीन pracina, सौपर्णी sauparni, सोमवल्ली somavalli, श्रेयसी sreyasi, स्थपनी sthapani, वनतिक्तकः vanatiktaka, वत्सादनी vatsadani, विद्धकर्णी viddhakarni • Tamil: காட்டுக்கொடி kattu-k-koti • Telugu: చీపురుతీగ chipuru-tiga, దూసరితీగ dusaritiga, కట్లతీగె katlatige • Urdu:  فريد بوٿي farid buti


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Prashant awale

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Mar 21, 2010, 8:57:53 AM3/21/10
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Dear Dinesh,
Thanks a lot for validating the ID. Any info. on its uses..
regards
Prashant

Dinesh Valke

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Mar 21, 2010, 9:24:48 AM3/21/10
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Dear Prashant, sure that it has a very important place in traditional medicine (Ayurveda, Folk, Unani and Sidha).
Regards.

Satish Phadke

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Mar 21, 2010, 11:44:35 AM3/21/10
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Yes
When I first knew the ID I started finding it more frequently everywhere even in the city of Pune.
Dr Phadke
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