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Tinospora sinensis
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Family:
MENISPERMACEAE
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Citation: Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr., Sunyatsenia 1: 193. 1934 & Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. Philad. 24. 158. 1935; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 30. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 59. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 14. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 52. 1990; A. Pramanik in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 349. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,18. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 39. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 51. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 13. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 372. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 9. 2002; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 194. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 83. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 108. 2009.
Campylus sinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 113. 1790.
Tinospora malabarica (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 183. 1855 & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 96. 1872.
Tinospora tomentosa (Coleb.) Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 96. 1872.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pothamruthu, Kattamruthu, Peiamruthu
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Description:
Leaves 11-14 x 9-11 cm, broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base cordate, 5-7ribbed, scabrous above, densely white tomentose below. Male flowers 3-5 together, pedicelled; sepals 6 in 2 whorls, outer smaller, inner 2 x 1.5 mm, obovate; petals 6 smaller; stamens 6, free, anthers orbicular. Female flowers: sepals and petals similar to male flowers; carpels 3, stigma bilobed, staminodes 6, clavate. Drupe 8 mm long, 1 or 2 together, ovoid, red, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves in the plains
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Distribution:
India to Indo-China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-1000
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Localities:
Peechi, Pamba, Sungam, Ezhimala, Vandanam, Vadapuram
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