Cocculus
a genus of plants, order Menispermaceæ. In general the species are bitter febrifuges. C. crispus, a twining species with tubercles or warts on the stem, found in Sumatra and the Molucca Islands, is used by the Malays in intermittent fevers. The root of what was formerly called C. palmatus, but is now designated Jateorhiza palmata, found in Mozambique and Oibo, is the calumba-root of commerce, from which a bitter is obtained. A decoction of the fresh roots of C. villosus is administered by the Hindus in rheumatism and old venereal complaints. An ink is made from its fruit. In Arabia a spirit is distilled from the acrid berries of C.
Cebatha.