Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree
Cocculus laurifolius
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- April-October
How to identify Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree
Identify Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Glossy laurel-like leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit type: Drupe.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-October.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cocculus laurifolius
- Genus
- Cocculus
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia and East Asia
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, about 150 mm (6 in) long by 51 mm (2 in) wide, with a spiral bud arrangement.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded“Flowers are insignificant: small, yellowish and appearing in spikes at .” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“Fruit is a small (6 mm) black drupe.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Characters marked “recorded” are for Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ആടുകൊല്ലി
About Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree
Laurel-leaved snail tree (Cocculus laurifolius) belongs to the Menispermaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and 3 other states. It grows in evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to October.
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
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