Anamirta cocculus
Anamirta cocculus
Author : (L.) Wight & Arn..
Family :Menispermaceae
Habit:Woody climber
Sanskrit: Garalaphala, Kakamari
English:Levant berry, Fish berry, Crow killer, Poison berry
Description
An extensive woody climber, with corky, grey bark, large broadly ovate or sub-orbicular, long-petioled, shining leaves, creamy-yellow, scented flowers, in many-flowered drooping panicles and blackish or reddish-brown, reniform drupes containing a single, yellowish-grey or black, urn-shaped seed.
Useful part

Fruits, tender leaves, seeds, seed oil
Medicinal Uses

bronchitis, foul ulcers, inflammation, flatulence, chronic skin diseases, ringworm, night sweats, epilepsy, as antidote to barbiturates and morphine poisoning
Major chemical constituents

berberine, palmatine, magnoflorine, columbamine, stearic, palmitic, fumaric, oleic and linoleic acids, sitosterol, picrotoxin, cocculin (anamirtin), picrotoxate, picrotoxinine, picrotin, menispermine, paramenispermine.