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Menisperumaceae /
Tsudurafujika |
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Notes For Reference:- |
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Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Cocculus:
Cocculus trilobus /
Aotsudurafuji |
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Cocculus trilobus / Aotsudurafuji
アオツズラフジ |
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Cocculus trilobus
is a deciduous dextrorse liana that occurs in lowland grasslands,
roadsides, or forest edges. With 1-3cm-long petioles, leaves are of
alternate phyllotaxis; blades measure 3-12cm long, 2-10cm wide, in
the shape of a broad ovate to ovate-like cordate. However, the
figure is variable and occasionally cleft shallowly in three.
Margins are entire, and upper and lower surfaces have light
yellow-brown hairs. Dioecious: Branch tips and axils produce small
inflorescences that set yellow-white flowers; sepals and petals are
6, respectively; male flowers bear six stamens, and female ones have
six pistils plus six staminodes. Fruit is spherical, 6-7mm across,
and matures in glaucous black. Bloom time: July-August. |
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