| Home | > | List of families | > | Menispermaceae | > | Cocculus |
2570.000 Cocculus
Description of the genus
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. Worldwide: 8 species in the tropics and warm regions, excluding S America and Australia Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| hirsutus (L.) Diels | N,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cocculus:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: CocculusFlora of Caprivi: Cocculus
Flora of Malawi: Cocculus
Flora of Zambia: Cocculus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cocculus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CocculusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cocculus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cocculus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cocculus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cocculus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cocculus
JSTOR Plant Science: Cocculus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cocculus
Plants of the World Online: Cocculus
Tropicos: Cocculus
Wikipedia: Cocculus
| Home | > | List of families | > | Menispermaceae | > | Cocculus |