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Cocculus orbiculatus (queen coralbead)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Cocculus orbiculatus var. mollis

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine
Usage [1]  The bleached tendrils are used as an ornamental infill in basket making; The plant contains cocculoidine which has insecticidal activity;
Height [1]  13.12 feet (4 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Cocculus orbiculatus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 177278 Hawaii, United States

Predators

Oraesia emarginata[3]
Oraesia excavata[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0