red-berried moonseed
Cocculus carolinus
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Form & Habitat
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Leaves
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Twigs
Flowers
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Fruit
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  • FAMILY: MENISPERMACEAE
  • ALTERNATE COMMON NAME: coralbeads
  • LEAVES: hastate (arrowhead-shaped) leaves to nearly cordate; glabrous above, pubescent below
  • FLOWER: yellow-green
  • FRUIT: clusters of red drupes; contain crescent-shaped seeds
  • TWIGS:
  • BARK:
  • FORM: prostrate or twining vine; not armed, minutely pubescent
  • HABITAT: sandy soils
  • WETLAND DESIGNATION: Facultative (FAC): Occurs in wetlands or non-wetlands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plain Region
  • RANGE: southeast US to Kansas
  • USES: folk medicinal
    • Best Recognition Features:
    1. hastate leaves
    2. clusters of red berries with crescent-shaped seeds
    3. twining and not armed
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