Anamirta cocculus

Anamirta cocculus
Indian berry (Anamirta cocculus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Anamirta
Species:
A. cocculus
Binomial name
Anamirta cocculus
(L.) Wight & Arn., 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Anamirta jucunda Miers
  • Anamirta paniculata Colebr.
  • Anamirta populifera (DC.) Miers
  • Anamirta racemosa Colebr. ex Steud.
  • Cocculus indicus Royle
  • Menispermum heteroclitum Roxb.
  • Menispermum monadelphum Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.

Anamirta cocculus (Marathi: काकमारी) is a Southeast Asian and Indian climbing plant. Its fruit is the source of picrotoxin, a poisonous compound with stimulant properties.

The plant is large-stemmed (up to 10 cm in diameter); the bark is "corky gray" with white wood. The "small, yellowish-white, sweet-scented" flowers vary between 6 and 10 millimeters across; the fruit produced is a drupe, "about 1 cm in diameter when dry".[2]

  1. ^ "Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RISE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).