Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Tinospora

Characteristics

Deciduous vines, to 20 m or longer, puberulent when young, often producing very long aerial roots. Old branches fat and thick, bark brownish, membranous, and often glabrous. Stems slightly fleshy, green when young, striate, pubescent; lenticels raised, (2-)4(-6)-dehiscent. Petiole (4-)6-13 cm, puberulent; leaf blade broadly ovate to subrotund, rarely broadly ovate, 7-14 × 5-13 cm, papery, abaxially tomentulose or slightly tomentulose, adaxially puberulent, base deeply to slightly cordate, margin entire, apex acutely acuminate, palmately 5(-7)-veined at base. Inflorescences appearing when plant is leafless. Male inflorescences solitary or few fascicled, 1-4 cm or longer. Male flowers: sepals 6 in 2 whorls, outer 3 oblong or subelliptic, 1-1.5 mm, inner 3 broadly ovate, to 5 mm, ca. 3 mm wide; petals 6, rhomboidal, with claw ca. 1 mm, lobes ca. 2 mm; stamens 6, filaments ca. 4 mm. Female inflorescences solitary. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male; staminodes 6, to 1 mm; carpels 3. Fruiting peduncle 8-11(-15) mm; carpophores 2-3 mm. Drupes red, subglobose; endocarp semiovoid to hemispherical, 7-9 × ca. 6 mm, broadly keeled at apex with low median ridge abaxially, surface with irregular low tubercles or longitudinal ridges, adaxial aperture elliptic, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Apr, fr. May-Jun.
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Leaves puberulous above, tomentellous or rather densely puberulous beneath
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
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Therapeutic use Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Erectile dysfunction (leaf), Fever (leaf), Gonorrhea (leaf), Hypoglycemic agents (leaf), Jaundice (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (root), Diarrhea (root), Diet, food, and nutrition (root), Dysentery (root), Emetics (root), Leprosy (root), Anemia (stem), Antacids (stem), Antipyretics (stem), Antirheumatic agents (stem), Aphrodisiacs (stem), Appetite stimulants (stem), Asthenia (stem), Asthma (stem), Bacterial infections (stem), Diabetes mellitus (stem), Diarrhea (stem), Diet, food, and nutrition (stem), Dysentery (stem), Dyspepsia (stem), Elephantiasis (stem), Erysipelas (stem), Fatigue (stem), Fever (stem), Filariasis (stem), Furunculosis (stem), Gastritis (stem), Gout (stem), Helminthiasis (stem), Hematologic diseases (stem), Hypogonadism (stem), Jaundice (stem), Kidney calculi (stem), Leprosy (stem), Metrorrhagia (stem), General tonic for rejuvenation (stem), Respiratory tract diseases (stem), Rheumatic fever (stem), Skin diseases (stem), Skin diseases, infectious (stem), Splenomegaly (stem), Sprains and strains (stem), Stress, psychological (stem), Urologic diseases (stem), Urticaria (stem), Vomiting (stem), Antiperiodic (stem), Rheumatoid arthritis (stem), Erysipelas (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Analgesics (unspecified), Anemia (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Antiemetics (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Aphrodisiacs (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Asthenia (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Astringents (unspecified), Carbuncle (unspecified), Cardiotonic agents (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Depression (unspecified), Diabetes mellitus (unspecified), Diabetic retinopathy (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Disorder of ejaculation (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Eye diseases (unspecified), Fatigue (unspecified), Fatigue syndrome, chronic (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Heart diseases (unspecified), Helminthiasis (unspecified), Hematinics (unspecified), Hemorrhoids (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Kidney diseases (unspecified), Lactation disorders (unspecified), Liver cirrhosis (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Metabolism (unspecified), Nervous system diseases (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), Peritonitis (unspecified), Pruritus (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Skin diseases, infectious (unspecified), Splenic diseases (unspecified), Stomach diseases (unspecified), Thirst (unspecified), Urination disorders (unspecified), Urologic diseases (unspecified), Vomiting (unspecified), Whooping cough (unspecified), Antiperiodic (unspecified), Rheumatoid arthritis (unspecified), Antacids (whole plant), Anti-inflammatory agents (whole plant), Antipyretics (whole plant), Antirheumatic agents (whole plant), Diarrhea (whole plant), Dysentery (whole plant), Fever (whole plant), Hypoglycemic agents (whole plant), Jaundice (whole plant), Liver diseases (whole plant), Parasympatholytics (whole plant), Antiperiodic (whole plant)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Tinospora sinensis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581638-1
WFO ID wfo-0001083980
COL ID 573QN
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Synonyms

Cocculus chondodendrum Cocculus malabaricus Cocculus tomentosus Epibaterium tomentosum Tinospora malabarica Tinospora tomentosa Menispermum malabaricum Menispermum tomentosum Menispermum chondrodendron Tinospora sinensis