Menispermaceae

Broom creeper

Cocculus hirsutus (L.) W.Theob.

Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Cocculus

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Broom creeper: Menispermaceae (moonseed family) » Cocculus hirsutus KOK-yoo-lus -- from the Greek kokkos (little berry) her-SOO-tus -- hairy commonly known as : broom creeper, — Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Afrikaans: Bosveld-halfmaanranke
Arabic: عنيبية وبرية
Burmese: ကြွက်နှာပေါင်းပင်, ကျောက်ကျောပင်, ကျွဲခဲနွယ်, တိလင်္ကာသ, မုန်းကျွဲသဲပင်
Chinese: 多毛木防己
English: Broom creeper, Bushveld moonseed creeper, Python climber
Malayalam: പാതാളഗരുഡക്കൊടി
Marathi: वासनवेल
shn: တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇႁိင်ႇၼူ, တူၼ်ႈယႃႈၼူၵတ်း, ယႃႈၼူၵႅတ်း

Synonyms

Cebatha hirsuta (L.) Kuntze
Cebatha villosa C.Chr.
Cocculus aristolochiae DC.
Cocculus hastatus DC.
Cocculus holopeira-torridus Broun & R.L.Massey
Cocculus linnaeanus Kurz
Cocculus sepium Colebr.
Cocculus villosus DC.
Cocculus villosus var. glabratus Schweinf.
Convolvulus gangeticus L.
Evolvulus gangeticus (L.) L.
Holopeira auriculata Miers
Holopeira laeviuscula Miers
Holopeira torrida Miers
Holopeira villosa (Lam.) Miers
Limacia villosa (DC.) W.Theob.
Menispermum hastatum Lam.
Menispermum hirsutum L.
Menispermum myosotis L.
Menispermum myosotoides L.
Menispermum myosuroides Hill
Menispermum villosum Lam.
Merremia gangetica (L.) Cufod.

Photos

Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: nasimakasim Uploaded by Vinayaraj, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dr.Tej singh johari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rahul Mungikar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: MORENA RBSK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Praveenkumar Honnur, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: భారతీయ ఆయుర్వేద జీవన విజ్ఞానం, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.