Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Menispermaceae | Genus: Cocculus | Species: Cocculus lauriflolius DC.( मरपिंकी ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Cocculus
angustifolius Hassk. , Cocculus
bariensis Pierre ex Gagnep. , Cebatha
laurifolia (DC.) Kuntze. |
Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Snail seed | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Marpinki | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Between 1200 and 1600 m. | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Drupes rotund glabrous, green to blackish, 4 – 8 mm long. |
| Habitat | Common; edges of crop fields, forests and river banks in the sub Himalayan tracts. N.E. and S. India; SE Asia. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand | Bark Details | Bark shallowly reticulately fissured; blaze white. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen shrubs or small trees; branchlets glabrous, stem pale – green, to 6m high. Leaves elliptic or elliptic – lanceolate, 7 – 15 x 2.5 – 4 cm, dark green, glossy above, pale beneath, strongly 3 – nerved from the base; petioles 3 – 5 mm long. Male flowers cream – yellow, in axillary, single or thyrsoid glabrous cymes; bracts subulate, frequently puberulous; petals emarginate, clasping the stamens. Female flowers with 6 – staminodes; carpels 3; style slender, reflexed. Drupes rotund glabrous, green to blackish, 4 – 8 mm long. | Leaf Details | Leaves elliptic or elliptic – lanceolate, 7 – 15 x 2.5 – 4 cm, dark green, glossy above, pale beneath, strongly 3 – nerved from the base; petioles 3 – 5 mm long. |
