Farid Buti / Broom Creeper
Cocculus hirsutus
Also known as Ink Berry
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Telangana, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cocculus hirsutus
- Genus
- Cocculus
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungle foothills
- Distribution
- India, Tropical Africa, Asia from Central Arabia to South China
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Farid Buti itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Typical of the Menispermaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- फ़रीद बूटी farid buti
- Bengali
- huyer
- Tamil
- காட்டுக்கொடி kattu-k-koti
- Telugu
- చీపురుతీగ chipuru-tiga, దూసరితీగ dusaritiga, కట్లతీగె katlatige
- Kannada
- ದಾಗಡಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ daagadi balli, ದಾಗಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು daagadi soppu, ಕಾಗೆ ಮಾರಿ kaage maari
- Malayalam
- പാതാളഗരുഡക്കൊടി paathaalagarudakkoti, പാതാളമൂലി paathaalamuuli
- Marathi
- वासनवेल vasanvel
About Farid Buti
Broom Creeper (Cocculus hirsutus) is a climbing shrub in the Menispermaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Telangana, Maharashtra and 11 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and scrub jungle foothills. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Farid Buti belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
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