Cocculus orbiculatus




Family Menispermaceae
Scientific name Cocculus orbiculatus (L.) de Candolle
Synonyms Cebatha orbiculata Kuntze; Cocculus cuneatus Bentham; Cocculus mollis Hooker f. & Thomson; Cocculus orbiculatus (L.) de Candolle var. mollis (Hooker f. & Thomson) H. Hara; Cocculus sarmentosus (Loureiro) Diels; Cocculus sarmentosus (Loureiro) var. linearis Yamamoto; Cocculus sarmentosus (Loureiro) var. pauciflorus Y.C. Wu; Cocculus sarmentosus (Loureiro) var. stenophyllus Merrill. Cocculus thunbergii de Candolle; Cocculus trilobus (Thunberg ex Murray) de Candolle; Menispermum orbiculatus L.; Menispermum trilobum Thunberg; Nephroia sarmentosa Loureiro
Common name (Japanese common name) ao-tudura-fuji [green crimbing fuji]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido (Southern region), Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, India
Chromosomal number 2n=20
Description Leaves 3-12cm. Flowers pale yellow, flowering in June to August. Fruits blue 6-7mm. Deciduous. Vine.
Reference Cocculus trilobus (Thunb.) DC.



Male plants


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Female plants


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June 2007 at forest edge June 2007 at forest edge