Tinospora tenera Miers

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Tinospora

Characteristics

Liane with yellow-brown glabrous branchlets.. Leaves with glabrous petiole 2–3.5 cm. long; blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, cordate or obtuse at base, acuminate, apiculate and sometimes mucronulate at apex, 4–7 cm. long, 2.5–6 cm. wide, glabrous on both sides, papery, pale green; nerves 5, palmate.. Male inflorescences 10–35 cm. long; pedicels 2–3 mm. long.. Male flowers with oblong-obovate outer sepals 0.5–1 mm. long and 0.4–0.7 mm. wide; inner sepals obovate-spathulate, 1–1.5 mm. long; petals keeled, 1–1.5 mm. long; stamens 6, their filaments connate to halfway up, 1–1.5 mm. long.. Female inflorescences, ♀ flowers and fruits unknown.
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Liane with yellow-brown glabrous branchlets. Leaf-lamina 4-7 x 2.5-6 cm., broadly ovate to suborbicular, cordate or obtuse at the base, acuminate, apiculate and sometimes mucronulate at the apex, glabrous on both sides, papery, pale green, nerves 5, palmate, petiole 2-3.5 cm. long, glabrous. Male inflorescences 10-35 cm. long; pedicels 2-3 mm. long. Male flowers with oblong-obovate outer sepals 0.5-1 x 0.4-3.7 mm.; inner sepals 1-1.5 mm. long, obovate-spathulate; petals 1-1.5 mm. long, keeled; stamens 6, their filaments 1-1.5 mm. long, connate to half-way up. Female inflorescences, female flowers and fruits unknown.
Leaf-lamina 4–7 x 2.5–6 cm., broadly ovate to suborbicular, cordate or obtuse at the base, acuminate, apiculate and sometimes mucronulate at the apex, glabrous on both sides, papery, pale green, nerves 5, palmate, petiole 2–3.5 cm. long, glabrous.
Male flowers with oblong-obovate outer sepals 0.5–1 x 0.4–3.7 mm.; inner sepals 1–1.5 mm. long, obovate-spathulate; petals 1–1.5 mm. long, keeled; stamens 6, their filaments 1–1.5 mm. long, connate to half-way up.
Creeper with succulent stems. Leaves broadly ovate to suborbicular, pale green, leathery. Inflorescences 100-350 mm long, drooping. Flowers greenish yellow.
Male inflorescences 10–35 cm. long; pedicels 2–3 mm. long.
Female inflorescences, female flowers and fruits unknown.
Liane with yellow-brown glabrous branchlets.
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
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Lowland rainforests.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Tinospora tenera world distribution map, present in Botswana, Mozambique, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581644-1
WFO ID wfo-0001083865
COL ID 7CD76
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Synonyms

Hyalosepalum tenerum Desmonema tenerum Tinospora tenera Tinospora stuhlmannii