Botanical Family · Ranunculales
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
14 speciesOrder Ranunculales8+ well-known plants
The Menispermaceae family (Moonseed Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Ranunculales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 14 species across 10 genera. Members range from lianas to climbing shrubs. Well-represented genera include Stephania, Cocculus and Tinospora. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Fish Berry, Velvet Leaf Pareira and Broom Creeper.
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Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryBilateral
- InflorescenceVariable
- FruitVariable
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Fish Berry, Crow Killer, Levant BerriesAnamirta cocculusVelvet Leaf PareiraCissampelos pareira var. hirsutaBroom Creeper, Ink BerryCocculus hirsutusLaurel-Leaved Snail TreeCocculus laurifoliusFalse Columba, Tree TurmericCoscinium fenestratumPata RootCyclea peltataGlaucescent DiploclisiaDiploclisia glaucescensTapevineStephania japonica
All 14 species in MENISPERMACEAE
- Fish Berry, Crow Killer, Levant BerriesAnamirta cocculus
- Velvet Leaf PareiraCissampelos pareira var. hirsuta
- Broom Creeper, Ink BerryCocculus hirsutus
- Laurel-Leaved Snail TreeCocculus laurifolius
- False Columba, Tree TurmericCoscinium fenestratum
- Pata RootCyclea peltata
- Glaucescent DiploclisiaDiploclisia glaucescens
- TapevineStephania japonica
- Tapering-Leaf TiliacoraTiliacora acuminata
- Heartleaf Moonseed, Gulbel, Tinospora, Moon Creeper, Bile KillerTinospora cordifolia
- Malabar GulbelTinospora sinensis
- Pachygone ovata
- Stephania hernandiifolia
- Stephania wightii
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