Anamirta
Encyclopedia
Anamirta is a genus of woody
vine
s, native to southern Asia
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Species
Woody plant
A woody plant is a plant that uses wood as its structural tissue. These are typically perennial plants whose stems and larger roots are reinforced with wood produced adjacent to the vascular tissues. The main stem, larger branches, and roots of these plants are usually covered by a layer of...
vine
Vine
A vine in the narrowest sense is the grapevine , but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent, that is to say climbing, stems or runners...
s, native to southern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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Species
- Anamirta cocculusAnamirta cocculusAnamirta cocculus is a Southeast Asian and Indian climbing plant. Its fruit, Cocculus indicus, is the source of picrotoxin, a poisonous alkaloid with stimulant properties....
(Indian Berry) - Anamirta jucunda Miers (Java)
- Anamirta lemniscata Miers (Java)
- Anamirta lourieri Pierre (Cambodia)
- Anamirta luctuosa Miers (Java)
- Anamirta paniculata (Levant Berry) (East Asia)
- Anamirta populifera Miers (Timor)
- Anamirta pfeiffer (Status : fossil)