Cocculus hirsutus

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Cocculus_hirsutus_Pune.jpg

| image_caption = Broom creeper in Pune

| genus = Cocculus

| species = hirsutus

| authority = (L.) W.Theob. (1860)

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|title={{small|Synonymy}}

|Cebatha hirsuta {{small|(L.) Kuntze (1891)}}

|Cebatha villosa {{small|C.Chr. (1922), nom. superfl.}}

|Cocculus villosus {{small|DC. (1817), nom. superfl.}}

|Convolvulus gangeticus {{small|L. (1756)}}

|Evolvulus gangeticus {{small|(L.) L. (1762)}}

|Holopeira villosa {{small|Miers (1867), nom. superfl.}}

|Limacia villosa {{small|W.Theob. (1883), nom. superfl.}}

|Menispermum hirsutum {{small|L. (1753)}}

|Menispermum villosum {{small|Lam. (1797), nom. superfl.}}

|Merremia gangetica {{small|(L.) Cufod. (1969)}}

|Cocculus aristolochiae {{small|DC. (1817)}}

|Cocculus hastatus {{small|DC. (1817)}}

|Cocculus holopeira-torrida {{small|Broun & R.L.Massey (1929)}}

|Cocculus linnaeanus {{small|Kurz (1874)}}

|Cocculus sepium {{small|Colebr. (1821)}}

|Cocculus villosus var. glabratus {{small|Schweinf. (1896)}}

|Holopeira auriculata {{small|Miers (1867)}}

|Holopeira laeviuscula {{small|Miers (1867)}}

|Holopeira torrida {{small|Miers (1867)}}

|Menispermum hastatum {{small|Lam. (1797)}}

|Menispermum myosotis {{small|L. (1759), orth. var.}}

|Menispermum myosotoides {{small|L. (1753)}}

|Menispermum myosuroides {{small|Hill (1770), orth. var.}}

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{{cite web |title=Cocculus hirsutus (L.) W.Theob. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:941634-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en|accessdate = 22 January 2024}}

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Cocculus hirsutus is a tropical flowering plant with the common name broom creeper or Patalgarudi (Sanskrit). It is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, parts of East Asia, West Asia and tropical Africa.{{cite journal |last1=Logesh |first1=Rajan |last2=Das |first2=Niranjan |last3=Adhikari-Devkota |first3=Anjana |last4=Devkota |first4=Hari Prasad |title=Cocculus hirsutus (L.) W.Theob. (Menispermaceae): A Review on Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities |journal=Medicines |date=10 November 2020 |volume=7 |issue=11 |pages=69 |doi=10.3390/medicines7110069|pmid=33182572 |pmc=7696458 |doi-access=free }} It is a vine climbing up to {{Convert|3|m|ft}}, with white to yellowish flowers and dark purple fruits 4 to 8 mm in diameter.{{cite web|url=http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242421475|title=Cocculus hirsutus|work=Flora of Pakistan on "eFloras.org"|accessdate=14 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Broom%20Creeper.html|title=Cocculus hirsutus|website=Flowers of India|accessdate=14 June 2016}}