Moonseed, Menispermum canadense, is a vine that
literally has seed that look like the moon although somewhat of a
caricature.The generic name is Greek
for moonseed.There are three species
where one is in Mexico and
the other is in Asia, although it is northeast Asia rather than Southeast Asia
like most taxa found in southeast North America.The plant is toxic while coralbeads, Cocculus carolinus, another species in
the same family is highly toxic.I don’t
recall ever specifically seeing moonseed, thus it is probably barely worth consideration for a landscape or mention here.
