Broom Creeper
Cocculus hirsutus
Also known as Ink Berry
Climbing shrubMedicinal
About Broom Creeper
Cocculus hirsutus is a tropical flowering plant with the common name broom creeper or Patalgarudi (Sanskrit). It is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, parts of East Asia, West Asia and tropical Africa. It is a vine climbing up to 3 metres (9.8 ft), with white to yellowish flowers and dark purple fruits 4 to 8 mm in diameter.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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
Botanical family
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Broom Creeper belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
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