Spittle Rolls Off PRODUCT NAME
Diploclisia glaucescens (Blume) Diels = Cocculus macrocarpus, W & A. Cocculus glaucescens (Blu SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Gawaal roti |
| Local Name: | Gawaal roti (Irula); Waal roti (Kurumba); Tamil-Morasankodi |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
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| Product Description: | A large Liana Flower: In panicles, yellow Fruit: An obovoid drupe, bluish green repining orange. Seed solitary, horse she shaped. Stem flattened towards base. Leaves bluish green, very smooth. Glaucous below when mature. New foliage in April. Leaf fall in March The translation on the Indigenous name for the plant means ‘spittle rolls off’, indicating that if one spits into the leaf, the spittle just rolls the leaf. |
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| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Inside forest above 600m. Locally abundant in sheltered sholas and ravines. Common in Indian subcontinent and SE Asia |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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