Tinospora caffra (Miers) Troupin

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Tinospora

Characteristics

Herbaceous or somewhat woody liane; stem verrucose with sometimes scaling bark.. Leaves with petiole 2.5–10 cm. long; blade ovate, ovate-cordate or nearly round, cordate or rounded at base, abruptly apiculate and mucronate or subacuminate at apex, 2.5–8 cm. long, 1.5–7 cm. wide, glabrous.. Male inflorescences usually of false racemes of cymules, sometimes panicled, 7–30 cm. long; pedicels 0.3–1 cm. long.. Male flowers with triangular to subovate outer sepals 0.8–1.5 mm. long, the inner oblong to oblanceolate, 2–4 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide; petals 6, the outer 1.5–3 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, the inner narrower; stamens 3, their filaments connate to apex, 1.5–3 mm. long.. Female inflorescences 7–15 cm. long.. Petals of ♀ flowers with a small membranous appendage, perhaps a staminode, at base; carpels 2–3 mm. long.. Drupes 0.8–1.2 cm. long, 0.4–0.7 cm. wide.
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Climber or somewhat woody liane; stem verrucose, bark sometimes scaling. Leaf-lamina 2.5-8 x 1.5-7 cm., ovate, ovate-cordate or almost orbicular, cordate or rounded at the base, abruptly apiculate and mucronate or subacuminate at the apex, glabrous, petiole 2.5-10 cm. long. Male inflorescences usually of false racemes of cymules, sometimes panicled, 7-30 cm. long; pedicels 0.3-1 cm. long. Male flowers with triangular to subovate outer sepals 0.8-1.5 x 2-4 mm., the inner oblong to oblanceolate, and narrower; stamens 3, filaments connate to the apex, 1.5-3 mm. long. Female inflorescences 7-15 cm. long. Petals of female flowers with a small membranous appendage, perhaps a staminode, at the base; carpels 2-3 mm. long. Drupelets 0.8-1.2 x 0.4-0.7 cm.
Leaf-lamina 2.5–8 x 1.5–7 cm., ovate, ovate-cordate or almost orbicular, cordate or rounded at the base, abruptly apiculate and mucronate or subacuminate at the apex, glabrous, petiole 2.5–10 cm. long.
Male flowers with triangular to subovate outer sepals 0.8–1.5 x 2–4 mm., the inner oblong to oblanceolate, and narrower; stamens 3, filaments connate to the apex, 1.5–3 mm. long.
Male inflorescences usually of false racemes of cymules, sometimes panicled, 7–30 cm. long; pedicels 0.3–1 cm. long.
Petals of female flowers with a small membranous appendage, perhaps a staminode, at the base; carpels 2–3 mm. long.
Climber or somewhat woody liane; stem verrucose, bark sometimes scaling.
Female inflorescences 7–15 cm. long.
Drupelets 0.8–1.2 x 0.4–0.7 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dense humid forest, deciduous bushland, in drier areas often on rock outcrops, at elevations up to 2,000 metres.
Light -
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Tinospora caffra world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Botswana, Central African Republic, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581591-1
WFO ID wfo-0000456684
COL ID 573NX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tinospora caffra Hyalosepalum pallido-aurantiacum Desmonema caffra Desmonema gossweileri Desmonema mucronulatum Desmonema pallido-aurantiaca Desmonema schliebenii Desmonema schweinfurthii Hyalosepalum caffrum Hyalosepalum gossweileri Desmonema mucronulatum var. schweinfurthii