Cocculus pendulus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Diels, Pflanzenr. IV, 94: 237 1910. (Syn: Adenocheton phyllanthoides Fenzl; Bricchettia somalensis Pax; Cebatha esculenta Forsk. ex Chiov.; Cebatha pendula (J.R.Forst. & C.Forst.) Kuntze; Cocculus cebatha DC.; Cocculus ellipticus DC.; Cocculus epibaterium DC.; Cocculus glaber Wight & Arn.; Cocculus glabra Roxb.; Cocculus laevis Wall. [Invalid]; Cocculus leaeba DC.; Cocculus recisus Miers; Epibaterium pendulum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.; Epibaterium scandens Raeusch.; Leaeba dubia J.F.Gmel.; Menispermum edule Vahl; Menispermum ellipticum Poir.; Menispermum epibaterium Spreng.; Menispermum leaeba Delile);
Egypt (Eastern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Valley, SE-Egypt), Iran (S-Iran), Israel
(Rift Valley, S-Negev Desert, Negev Desert), Jordania (S-Jordania), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, S-Sinai), Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama), United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Libya, Morocco, Tibesti, Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Kurram, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Lahore, Rawalpindi), Pakistani Kashmir (Azad Kashmir), Jammu & Kashmir, India (Indian Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu), Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Socotra, Kenya, Mauretania, Spanish Saraha, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago) as per Catalogue of Life; India: In semi-desert scrubs and deciduous bushland and wastelands, up to 700 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu; Pakistan to tropical and Subtropical Africa as per BSI Flora of India;
Kindly identify this climber.
red berries about 5-8mm.
Shot at Rao Jodha Park, Jodhpur 9th December 2013.
Looks like Cocculus pendulus
Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight :SN 01 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
Cocculus pendulus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Diels,
wild climber from Royakotta hill, KrishnagiriDt, Tamilnadu
Good pictures … Twiner for identification 210412MK01: No images visible now.
Please help me to identify this twiner found in a scrub forest near Salem town of Tamil Nadu.
Date: 15 April 2012 Altitude: 450 M ASL The leaves are of 5 x 3 cm and fruits are of c.1cm across. Is this any Menispermiaceae?
Cocculus pendulus of Menhispermeceae ??????? Many thanks for the lead. I checked Flora of Pakistan and the reniform fruits narrow down to C. pendulus.
ID requested for this woody climber from TN : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) – around 800 kb each. I request the ID of the attached woody climber.
Habit: Woody climber
Stem bark white-corky, longitudinally splits.
Young stem – greenish, branchlets pendulous.
Locality: Nathappalayam, Dharapuram Taluk, Erode Dist. (TN)
DoP: 25-02-2018.
Cocculus pendulus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Diels [Menispermaceae]. Thank you, Yes it is.
Cocculus leaeba
I also think close to images at Cocculus pendulus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Diels
Attachments (1)- 3 Mb.
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