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Family: Menispermaceae
2 entries
Cocculus spp.
Cocculus villosus
{krwak-na:paung:}
Tinospora cordifolia {hsing-toan°:-ma.nwθύ}
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Results of search for 'Cocculus' in the Checklist of
Plants of Myanmar, U.S. National Herbarium, 19 Jul 2006.
Cocculus glaucescens Diels. Habit: Climber.
Distribution: Kachin
Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels. Habit: Climber. Distribution:
Reported from Myanmar. Common Names: Kywet-nabaung
Cocculus laurifolius DC. Habit: Shrub, Climber. Distribution: Shan.
Cocculus linnaeanus Kurz. Habit: Creeper. Distribution: Reported
from Myanmar
Cocculus macrocarpus Wight & Arn. Habit: Creeper. Distribution:
Reported from Myanmar
Cocculus nudiflorus Griff. Habit: Creeper. Distribution: Reported
from Myanmar
USDA-NRCS
"COCA","Cocculus carolinus (L.) DC.","Carolina coralbead","Menispermaceae"
"EPCA5","Epibaterium carolinum (L.) Britt.",">>Cocculus
carolinus","Menispermaceae"
"CODI","Cocculus diversifolius DC.","snailseed","Menispermaceae"
"COLA20","Cocculus laurifolius (Roxb.) DC.","laurel-leaf
snailseed","Menispermaceae"
"COOR11","Cocculus orbiculatus (L.) DC.","queen coralbead","Menispermaceae"
"COFE","Cocculus ferrandianus Gaud.",">>Cocculus
orbiculatus","Menispermaceae"
"COIN3","Cocculus integer Hbd.",">>Cocculus orbiculatus","Menispermaceae"
"COLO2","Cocculus lonchophyllus (Miers) Hbd.",">>Cocculus
orbiculatus","Menispermaceae"
"COTR7","Cocculus trilobus (Thunb.) DC.",">>Cocculus
orbiculatus","Menispermaceae"
Picture:
UKT - Calling up Ipomoea bona-nox
on Internet-Google (060719) brought up the
drawings of Cocculus carolinus from
www.msstate.edu/org/mississippientmuseum/images/Vinedrawings/Cocculus.carolinus.2.jpg

Burmese-Myanmar transcript names:
Agri.Dept.2000 11-0268:
{krwak-na.Baung}
FAO : NL
Lθ-seik-shin : NL
KS-TMN : NL
Nagathein 1-222:
{krwak-na.paung:}
UHM 16: Kywet-na-baung
Myanmar-Script Spelling
Official Myanmar Dictionaries :
-
{krwak-na:paung:} --
--
TravPo-M-Dict 039
-
{krwak-na:paung:} - n. kind of creeper bearing edible leaves. Cocculus
hirsutus
-- Myan-Engl-Dict 050
Hindi:
Sanskrit:
English common name used in Myanmar :
Not given by Agri.Dept. 2000
False Pareira, False Pareira Brava -- UHM
Picture:
Leader from Nagathein 1-222
Plant
identification characters ::
A lofty climber, branches very rarely glabrous, leaves orbicular, reniform or chordate,
2.5 to 10 cm in diameter, usually peltate, obtuse and mucronate -- UHM
Distribution in Myanmar:
Maymyo, Zigon, Toungoo -- UHM
Part used and uses :
Stems and roots. Used as in febrile conditions, dysentery, heart trouble
and urinary disorders -- UHM
Cocculus villosus, DC.; Wall. India: leaves made into Bhaji (boiled and eaten mixed with salt and chili peppers). Vernacular names - Bombay Presidency, Khandesh district, Taloda: Vasu vel ; Bijapur district, Badami: Dagadi. Ref. GAMMIE, WATT. -- www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/FamineFoods/ff_families/menispermaceae.html
Constituents:
1. Amorphous alkaloid - Pelosine
2. Saponin
3. Ammonium salts
4. Hayatin and Hayatinin. (9) -- UHM
Note:
Classification: Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trin. ex Steud. [excluded]
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification
Report.
- Kingdom -
Plantae Plants;
-- Subkingdom -
Tracheobionta Vascular plants;
-- Superdivision -
Spermatophyta Seed plants;
- Division -
Magnoliophyta Flowering plants;
- Class -
Liliopsida Monocotyledons;
-- Subclass -
Commelinidae ;
- Order -
Cyperales ;
- Family -
Poaceae Grass family;
- Genus -
Phragmites
Adans. reed;
- Species -
Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trin. ex Steud. [excluded]
tall reed
--
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHKA3
Go back Classific-P-karka-b

Burmese-Myanmar transcripts :
Agri.Dept.2000 21-0541:
{hsing-toan°:ma.nwθύ};
{hsing-ngo-ma.ni.};
{hsing-sa-ma.nwθύ}
FAO : NL
Lθ-seik-shin 185 :
{hsin-toan°:ma.nwθύ}
KS-TMN 161: Sindone-ma-nwe; Sinngo-mani
Nagathein 1-483:
{hsin-toan°:ma.nwθύ}
UHM 42: Sin-don-ma-nwe
Myanmar-Script Spelling :
Official Myanmar Dictionaries :
{hsin-toan°:-ma.nwθύ} -
-- TravPo-M-Dict 105
{hsin-toan°:-ma.nwθύ} - n. moonseed vine.
Tinospora cordifolia .
Also
{hsing-tha.ma.nwθύ} -- Myan-Engl-Dict 138
Hindi :
Sanskrit :

English common name used in Myanmar :
Agri.Dept.2000 : Heart-leaved moon seed
FAO : NL
Lθ-seik-shin : Heart-leaved moon seed
KS-TMN : Heart-leaved Moon seed
Nagathein : -
UHM 42: -
Picture :
Leader from Nagathein
Photos:
left -- habit with flowers;
right -- habit with fruits.
Click on the pictures to enlarge. -- KS-TMN
Plant identification characters :
A large climbing shrub, lianous; stems grooved, succulent, glabrous, bark corky. Leaves alternate, simple; exstiperlate; petioles tendrillar; laminae broadly ovate to orbicular, the bases cordate with a broad sinus and large basal lobes, the margins entire, the tips acute, 3-to 5-costate, reticulate, the surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences racemes, axillary or terminal or cauliflorous, lax, often exceeding leaf length; bracts subulate. Flowers ebracteolate, pedicellate, cuisexual, dioecious, actinomophic, trimerous, hypogynous. Staminate flowers fascicled in the axils of small bracts. Calyx aposepalous, sepals 6, 2-seriate, the 3 outer minute, ovate-oblong, acute, the 3 inner larger, membranous, broadly elliptic, concave, yellow. Corolla apopetalous, petals 6, 2-seriate, equal, broadly spathulate, the claw cuneate, smaller than sepals. Androecium polyandrous, stamens 6, opposite the petals, the anthers 4-celled, oblongoid, adnate, dehiscence longitudinal. Pistillode obsent. Pistillate flowers solitary; sepals and petals similar to the staminate, but with green sepals. Staminodes 6, short, clavate. Pistils 3, ovaries 3, apocarpous on the short fleshy gynophore, each ovary 1-carpelled, 1-loculed, the placentation parietal, the ovule solitary in each, the stigmas forked. Fruit a drupe, dorsally conuex, ventrally flat, style-scan subterminal, endocarp rugose, ribbed on the back, reddish; seeds oblongoid, dorsally ridged, ventrally depressed, obscurely muricate, endosperm copious or scanty. Flowering period: June - August . Fruiting period: August - December -- KS-TMN
A climbing shrub with corky bark, leaves 2-4 in. diam., acute or acuminate, racemes exceeding the leaves, axillary or terminal or on the old wood, flowers yellow, males fascicled, female usually solitary, glabrous, drupes size of a pea, red. -- UHM
Distribution in Myanmar
Commonly grows wild throughout the tropical regions of Myanmar. -- KS-TMN
Syriam -- UHM
Part used and uses :
Stem -- Jaundice; Cough; Leprosy; Emesis; Vertigo; To allay thirst; Heartburn; Good for heart; Gives energy; For longevity of life; Arthritis; Herpes; Bleeding piles; Infections; Carminative; Biliousness; Expectorant; Leucorrhoea; Neuropathy; Otalgia; Palpitation of heart; Antidote for poisons; Indigestion. Leaf -- Jaundice. -- KS-TMN
Stem and Root. Used as Stomachic, antiperiodic, alternative, aphrodisiac, nutrient. -- UHM
Constituents :
1. Berberine. (37). 2. Crude giloin and gilioinin (38) -- UHM
Entry format: Botanical name / Family / Ref. Burmese-Myanmar
transcripts ( Agri.Dept.2000 :
FAO :
LSR :
KS-TMN:
Nagathein :
UHM :/ Myanmar-Script Spelling (
Official Myanmar Dictionaries : - TravPo-M-Dict - Myan-Engl-Dict - Myan-Ortho
/ Hindi /
Sanskrit / English common name used in Myanmar / Picture /
Plant identification characters / Distribution in Myanmar / Part
used and uses / Constituents /
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