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[[File:Anamirta cocculus 0790.jpg|thumb|right|''Garalaphala'', ''Anamirta cocculus'']]
'''Garalaphala''' is a large, dioecious climbing plant, with stems up to 15 metres long. These stems scramble over the ground and twine into other plants for support, the stems twining to the left. The plant is not usually cultivated, but is often harvested from the wild for its medicinal uses.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Ulcer}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Cough}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
The leaves and fruit contain picrotoxin (up to 5%) and alkaloids. Picrotoxin (sesquiterpene glycoside) is
a powerful poison and nerve stimulant. Picrotoxin at 20 mg is toxic, and two to three berries are lethal. (Francis Brinker.) <ref name="Chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn= chippula Chippula kaayi, garuda Garuda phala, haenu Haenu beeja, kaage Kaage maari|ml=nanjukuruNanjukuru, kantakakonnuveli, karantakamKarantakam|sa=dhvankshanakhiDhvankshanakhi, garalaphalaGaralaphala, kakadaniKakadani, kakamariKakamari, kakanashikaKakanashika, kakaphalaKakaphala, raktalaRaktala|ta=kakamariKakamari, kakanacamKakanacam, kakkai Kakkai kolli, muratayamMuratayam, nancukkottaiNancukkottai, pen Pen kottai|te=kaaka Kaaka maari, kaaki Kaaki chempa, koditigeKoditige, thippathigeThippathige|hi=kakmariKakmari|en=Fish berry}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate| 20-25 x 15-19 cm, glabrous, broadly ovate, apex acute, base truncate, margin entire; 5-ribbed, coriaceous; petiole 8-13 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|large Large drooping panicles on old branches||9| Sepals 6 in 2 rows, 3 x 2 mm, ovate, yellow. Petals absent. Stamens 9, combined into a globose staminal column, anthers sessile; staminodes 9 in female flowers, obovate, scaly. Carpels 3, free; style absent; stigma recurved. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|1 cm||obliquely Obliquely ovoid, gibbous, black, smooth; seeds 1, black, glabrous.|}}
===Other features===
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/anamirta-cocculus.html Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anamirta+cocculusAnamirta cocculus on the ferns.info] * [https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Anamirta_cocculus_(PROSEA)Anamirta cocculus on plantnet-project.org]
[[Category:Herbs]]
