Cocculus hirsutus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Menispermaceae/Cocculus

At a glance

Occurrence records426

Data sources9

Biological traits20

DNA specimens10

eDNA detections10

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Cocculus hirsutus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility426 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources20 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS21 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF426 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries10 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD10 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 26

01Narrative

Cocculus hirsutus is a tropical, invasive creeper with the common name broom creeper or Patalgarudi (Sanskrit). It is native to India, Pakistan, and tropical Africa. It is a vine climbing up to 3 m, with white to yellowish flowers and dark purple fruits 4 to 8 mm in diameter.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Plant height10 m

Plant height max15 m

Plant height min1.5 m

Seed mass10.43 mg

Seed mass max10.24 mg

Seed mass min10.24 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formliana

Life spanperennial

Self fertilizationabsent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberobligatory

Elevation max1 200 m

Elevation min50 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formother

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: other · TRY: Climber

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

03Chemical composition21 compounds

Compounds documented for Cocculus hirsutus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Isoquinoline alkaloids4

Isoquinoline alkaloids $ Tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids2

Corynanthe type2

Fatty alcohols2

Depsidones1

Documented compounds21 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Cocsoline	present	LOTUS
(+)-Magnoflorine	present	LOTUS
(1R,17S)-5,6,17-trimethoxy-10-azatetracyclo[8.8.0.01,14.03,8]octadeca-3,5,7,14-tetraen-9-one	present	LOTUS
(1R,17S)-5,6-dihydroxy-17-methoxy-10-azatetracyclo[8.8.0.01,14.03,8]octadeca-3,5,7,14-tetraen-9-one	present	LOTUS
(R)-nonacosan-10-ol	present	LOTUS
10-Chloro-3,9-dihydroxy-1-(2-hydroxybutan-2-yl)-4,7-dimethylbenzo[b][1,4]benzodioxepin-6-one	present	LOTUS
5,16-Dimethoxy-10-azatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,13.03,8]heptadeca-3,5,7,13-tetraen-6-ol	present	LOTUS
5,6,17-Trimethoxy-10-azatetracyclo[8.8.0.01,14.03,8]octadeca-3,5,7,14-tetraen-9-one	present	LOTUS
5,6-Dihydroxy-17-methoxy-10-azatetracyclo[8.8.0.01,14.03,8]octadeca-3,5,7,14-tetraen-9-one	present	LOTUS
6-Hydroxy-5,17-dimethoxy-10-azatetracyclo[8.8.0.01,14.03,8]octadeca-3,5,7,14-tetraen-9-one	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding10 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Cocculus hirsutus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens10

Marker genes3

eDNA detections10

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★rbcL★trnL★ITS

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Cocculus hirsutus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 26 n = 13

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records22–382n range26median26mode8records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 264×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chattopadhyay, D. & A. K. Sharma. 1988. A new technique for orcein banding with acid treatment. Stain Technol. 63: 283–287.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chattopadhyay, D. & A. K. Sharma. 1989. Chromosome studies and unisexuality in Menispermaceae. Nucleus (Calcutta) 32: 173–179.

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Sanjappa, M. 1978

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Sharma, A.K. & Bhattacharyya, N. K. 1955

2n 383×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · eflora · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Joshi, A.C. 1934

CCDB · eflora

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Joshi 1934

2n 221×CCDB · book-indian_vol1

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Sharma, A.K. & Sharma, A. 1957

n 136×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Sarkar, A. K., N. DATTA & U. Chatterjee. 1973. Chromosome survey of certain angiosperms. II. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 15: 148.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Sidhu, M., S. S. Bir & P. Lata. 1983. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXXIX. Taxon 32: 322.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bir, S. S. & H. Thakur. 1984. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- II. J. Cytol. Genet. 19: 114–115.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bir, S. S., H. K. Thakur & G. S. Chatha. 1987. Chromosomal studies in certain members of Ranunculaceae and Mensipermaceae. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 74(3,VI): 184–185.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Sanjappa 1978

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Sarkar et al. 1973

n 261×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Sandhu, P. S. & S. K. Mann. 1989. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- VIII. J. Cytol. Genet. 24: 179–183.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type426 records

Wild obs. + sensor210

Museum / vouchered216

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 152 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 101≤1 km 47≤10 km 6>10 km 5

159 georeferenced · 51 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor210

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 57≤10 km 10

69 georeferenced · 147 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence216

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 13 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Pretoria, ZA	90
Baroda, IN	68
Durban, ZA	17
Kew, GB	12
MeiseBGlocation not on record	6
Zürich, CH	4
LNBG$location not on record	4
Bronx, US	2
MSB-3054location not on record	2
Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record	2
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record	1
Saint Louis, US	1
Coimbra, PT	1

13 institutions · 210 of 216 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA10 detections

Where the DNA of Cocculus hirsutus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found10

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 10 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.6 °C 23.2–31.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.5 °C

Max temp (day)32.8 °C 30.0–38.3

Min temp (night)19.0 °C 16.6–24.3

Precipitation6.70 mm/mo 0.9–15.1

Air humidity43.9 % 41.0–45.8

Moisture balance-144 mm/mo -177–-119

Vapour deficit1,846 Pa 1,555–2,800

Wind speed2.50 m/s 2.20–2.80

Cloud cover15.9 % 9.30–18.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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