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Menispermaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Cocculus laurifolius (Roxb.) DC.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: laurel leafed snailseed
  • Family: Menispermaceae Juss

  • Country of Origin: Himalaya east to Japan
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Evergreen tree or small shrub; leaves lanceolate, 4-7 inches long, 1.5 to 2 inches wide, pointed, conspicuously 3-veined, dark glittering green; stalk 3/4 inches long; flowers small, in slender, erect axillary panicles 1 to 4 inches long; fruit globose, black, 1/8 inch wide. Grown against a wall in most localities.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199300002
  • Source: Michael Chamberland
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1993
  • Bench: 2302 - Temperate Asia
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-04-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Menispermaceae
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References:

RHS Dictionary of Gardening, 1965

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