Farid Buti / Broom Creeper
Cocculus hirsutus
Also known as Ink Berry
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana & 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, Maharashtra, Telangana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Menispermaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Bilateral
- Inflorescence
- Variable
- Fruit
- Variable
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 belonging to the Menispermaceae family (Moonseed Family). It is typically found in dry deciduous forests and scrub jungle foothills. It occurs across India, Tropical Africa, Asia from Central Arabia to South China. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Farid Buti belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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