Distribution Map

Cocculus hirsutus

       
Bushveld Moonseed Creeper
inyokane
umgigo
umtungulo

Menispermaceae   

(exotic - see Alien Plants Database)

As at April 2024, 18 herbarium specimens, 7 photo records, 39 visual observations
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cocculus hirsutus - Vigorous twiner or scrambler with softly hairy stems. Leaves numerous, stalks few mm long, blades oval, sometimes widest near base, blunt, hairless or nearly so, up to 5 cm long x 3 cm wide, usually much less. lnflorescences slender, terminal and axillary, slightly or not branched with numerous small leaf-like bracts. Flowers small, greenish; sepals, petals and stamens six, carpels three or more. Fruits fleshy, round or compressed, c 5 mm diam.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.