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Taxon:  Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn.



Summary
Genus:
Anamirta
Family:
Menispermaceae
Subfamily:
Chasmantheroideae
Tribe:
Coscinieae
Nomen number:
3069
Place of publication:
Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 446. 1834
Verified:
09/26/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Menispermum cocculus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anamirta paniculata Colebr.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
  5. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  6. Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):73-75.
Common names
English
fishberry –
Levantnut –
poison-berry –
Indonesian
tuba biji –
Swedish
kockel-lian –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatera 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaIndonesiaPapua 
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sumatera], Philippines
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinessource of picrotoxin Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinessource of picrotoxin Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Vertebrate poisonsfish Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):73-75.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(2):73-75.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=3069. Accessed 4 May 2025.