Cocculus laurifolius

Common name: laurel leafed snailseed

Family: Menispermaceae

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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.

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USDA Zone: 8-11

Source: Michael Chamberland

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Classification:

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

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.

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