Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.

 
  • Family : MENISPERMACEAE
    (Moonseed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GILOY FAMILY (गिलोय फैमिली
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Menispermaceae
  • Basionym : Campylus sinensis Lour.
  • Synonym(s) : Tinospora cordifolia Miers
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kadu amruthaballi (Kannada)
    • Perumseenthikodi (Tamil)
    • Pothamruthu, Kattamruthu, Peiamruthu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves in plains
  • Comments / notes : Rare
  • Key identification features : A glabrous climber with a corky warted bark. Flowers’s yellow, appearing when the plant is leafless; sepals, petals, and stamens 6, the first in two series and larger than the petals. Drupe the size of a pea, glossy and succulent.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-June
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nallamada RF (Anantapur district)
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Paniganda, Mayurbhanj district, Mahendragiri (Ganjam district), Gajapati district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district)
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
  • World Distribution : India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • Pullaiah and Chennaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 80
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tinospora sinensis. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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