Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook.F. & Thomson

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Tinospora

Characteristics

A vine or climbing plant. The stems are slender. This produces thread like aerial roots. The leaves are heart shaped and 5-10 cm long. The flowers are yellow and loose groups. They grow from nodes on old wood. The fruit are fleshy and red when ripe.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in deciduous and dry forests. It grows up to 300 m above sea level. In the Indian Himalayas between 700-1,300 m above sea level.
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Dry districts at low elevations. Deciduous and dry forests.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The plant is used in a tonic formula. The leaves are used as a vegetable. The roots and young stems are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Stomach(Veterinary) (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Tumor(Abdomen) (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Gout (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

Tinospora cordifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Tinospora cordifolia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:907828-1
WFO ID wfo-0001083821
COL ID 573P4
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tinospora fosbergii Tinospora cordifolia Menispermum cordifolium Tinospora cordifolia var. congesta