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Cocculus laurifolius

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

de Candolle

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Zhang ye mu fang ji (Pinyin)
• Kōshū-uyaku (Japan)
• Isoyama-aoki (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• S. Guizhou
• NW. Hunan
• Taiwan
• Xizang - China
• India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Is. - Japan
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Bushland & forest
• open forest
• thickets
• grassland
• riverside
• cultivated areas
• riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Mar-May (China)
• Jul (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Autumn Sep

Normally a glabrous tree or shrub but occasionally a vine with glabrous coriaceous mucronate leaves to 150mm x 55mm. Lateral & axillary cymes or panicles to 50mm of glabrous yellow male & female flowers to 1.3mm, 3 outer sepals to 0.75mm, 3 inner sepals to 1.25mm long, 6 petals to 0.5mm with 4 lobes, fruit a glabrous black drupe to 7mm x 4mm with dorsal ridge,

Medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• Flora Malesiana
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus F Indochine
• JAA
• FOJ