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Accession Data:

Cocculus laurifolius DC.

  • Common Name: laurel leafed snailseed
  • Family: Menispermaceae Juss

  • Country of Origin: Himalaya east to Japan

  • Description: Evergreen tree or small shrub; leaves lanceolate, 4-7 inches long, 1.5 to 2 inches wide, pointed, conspicuously 3-veined, dark glittering green; stalk 3/4 inches long; flowers small, in slender, erect axillary panicles 1 to 4 inches long; fruit globose, black, 1/8 inch wide. Grown against a wall in most localities.
  • USDA Zone: 8-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199300002
  • Source: Michael Chamberland
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1993
  • Bench: 2304 - Temperate Asia - Low
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 06-24-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Menispermaceae
  • SubFamily: Menispermoideae
  • Tribe: Tiliacoreae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

References (external):

  1. Wefferling, K.M., Hoot, S.B. and Neves, S.S.; Phylogeny and fruit evolution in Menispermaceae; Am. J. Bot. May 2013 vol. 100 no. 5 883-905
  2. RHS Dictionary of Gardening, 1965
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 14 September 2015.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:03:52 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Menispermaceae

Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Menispermeae

  • Sinomenium acutum

Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Tiliacoreae

  • Chondrodendron tomentosum
  • Cocculus laurifolius
  • Stephania cyanantha W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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