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Synonyms for cocculus or Related words with cocculus
anaphalis
orbiculatus
laurifolius
wallichii
millettia
parvifolius
esquirolii
helenium
paniculatus
thyrsiflora
divaricata
paniculatum
umbellata
turnera
nepalense
clerodendrum
tabernaemontana
longiflora
bockii
knema
vincetoxicum
mimosoides
dasycarpa
barringtonia
randia
sinense
davallia
tinctorium
androgynus
obovata
saprosma
microphyllus
cavaleriei
gmelina
clerodendron
limnophila
antidesma
hippocratea
tylophora
buchanania
gnaphalium
alopecuroides
rehderiana
laurifolia
aristata
prunifolium
leonurus
alseodaphne
odoratissimus
zanzibarica
Examples of "cocculus"
Anamirta
cocculus
() is a Southeast Asian and Indian climbing plant. Its fruit, "
Cocculus
indicus", is the source of picrotoxin, a poisonous alkaloid with stimulant properties.
Sinococuline is a bioactive alkaloid found in "
Cocculus
trilobus".
Cocculus
is a genus of 11 species of woody vines and shrubs, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of North America, Asia and Africa. The common name Moonseed is also used for the closely related genus "Menispermum". The related Indian Berry ("Anamirta
cocculus
") is known as "
Cocculus
Indicus" in pharmacology.
The larvae had been recorded on "
Cocculus
sp." (Menispermaceae).
The larvae feed on Menispermaceae species, possibly including "
Cocculus
orbiculatus", "Lepisanthes rubiginosa" and "Stephania japonica".
Cocculus
orbiculatus, the Queen coralbead, is a species of woody vines. It is found from India east to Java.
The caterpillars are known to feed on "
Cocculus
", "Lycopersicon", "Malus pumila", "Mangifera indica", "Musa × paradisiaca", "Tinospora caffra", "Vitus", "Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii", "Rhigiocarya racemifera", and "Tiliacora".
A few climbers of this area include species of "Rhynchosia, Atylosia,
Cocculus
, Cissampelos, Ipomoea, Pergularia daemia, Pueraria tuberosa" and "Tinospora cordifolia".
Phyllocnistis echinodes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. The hostplant for the species is "Anamirta
cocculus
".
The larvae feed on "
Cocculus
" species. The adults are a pest in lychee and carambola orchards. They pierce the fruit in order to suck the juice.
Cocculus
carolinus (Carolina coralbead, redberry moonseed, Carolina snailseed, Carolina moonseed) is a perennial vine of the genus "
Cocculus
". It is indigenous to several states in the United States along the south to midwest. It gets its name from the bright red color of the marble-like berry that protrudes from the leaves of the plant. The plant can be very invasive and difficult to control.
Today the garden still contains numerous trees planted in the early 1900s. It contains good collections of palm trees (Butia, "Phoenix canariensis", Washingtonia, hemp palm, and dwarf palm), evergreens (camphor, "
Cocculus
laurifolius", "Photinia serrulata", mimosa, "Lagunaria patersonia", and "Grevillea"), and deciduous trees (catalpa, white poplar, "Koelreuteria paniculata", "Maclura pomifera"). Its plantings include Liliaceae (agave, cordyline, dasylirion, dracaena, yucca), and cactus and cycads (Cycas, Dioon, Encephalartos), as well as "
Cocculus
laurifolius", euonymus, oleander, etc.
Through photochemical analysis using spectral and mixed-melting comparison, the stems and leaves of "
Cocculus
carolinus" were found to contain the following compounds: two cyclitols, (+)quercitol and (−)viburnitol; a lactone, loliolide; and three alkaloids, sinoacutine, magnoflorine, and palmatine.
Its crushed seeds are an effective pediculicide (anti-lice) and are also traditionally used to stun fish or as a pesticide. In pharmacology, it is known as
Cocculus
Indicus.
Currently only a tiny portion still remains visible to the public, as the current Monet gardens in Via Domenico Tumiati. In this green area you can still admire a giant model of
Cocculus
Lurifolius.
The larvae feed on "Aristolochia" species including "A. mandshhuriensis", "A. debilis" and "A. manchuriensis". Subspecies has been recorded on "A. shimadai", "A. liukiuensis", "A. kankauensis", "A. elegans", "A. debilis", "A. kaempferii", "A. onoei", "A. tagala", "
Cocculus
trilobus" and "Metaplexis chinensis". The species overwinters as a pupa.
Cocculus
hirsutus is a tropical, invasive creeper with the common name Broom creeper or "Patalgarudi" (Sanskrit). It is native to India, Pakistan, and tropical Africa. It is a vine climbing up to 3 m, with white to yellowish flowers and dark purple fruits 4 to 8 mm in diameter.
It is thought that the cauliflorous species are pollinated by small bees, beetles or flies although there are no direct observations of this. Birds disperse the purple or black drupes, for example "Sayornis phoebe" (Tyrant flycatcher) eats the fruit of "
Cocculus
". In "Tinospora cordifolia" a lapse of 6–8 weeks has been observed between fertilization and the first zygotic cell division.
Caterpillar is similar to that of "T. limniace" (see "Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society" x, 1896, p. 240). It is said by MacKinnon and de Niceville to feed on "Vallaris dichotoma" ("Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc." xi, 1807, p. 212). Other species include "Cosmostigma racemosa", "Heterostemma brownii" and "
Cocculus
" species.
Associated plants include: ōhia lehua ("Metrosideros polymorpha"), lama ("Diospyros sandwicensis"), māmane ("Sophora chrysophylla"), alahee ("Psydrax odorata"), huehue ("
Cocculus
orbiculatus"), naio ("Myoporum sandwicense"), olopua ("Nestegis sandwicensis"), kuluī ("Nototrichium sandwicense"), ilima ("Sida fallax"), wiliwili ("Erythrina sandwicensis"), iliahi ("Santalum" spp.), ūlei ("Osteomeles anthyllidifolia"), uhiuhi ("Caesalpinia kavaiensis"), kauila ("Colubrina oppositifolia"), maola ("Neraudia ovata"), maiapilo ("Capparis sandwichiana"), "Bidens" "micrantha" ssp. "ctenophylla", and aiea ("Nothocestrum breviflorum").