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Tinospora cordifolia
About Plant
| Plant ID | PLN0055 | ||
| Plant Name | Tinospora cordifolia | ||
| Common Name | Giloy, Guduchi, and Heart-leaved Moonseed | ||
| Vernacular Name | Giloy, Guduchi, and Heart-leaved Moonseed | ||
| Plant Description | It is a large, deciduous, and widely spreading climbing vine features multiple elongated, twining branches. Its leaves are simple, alternate, and exstipulate, with long petioles reaching up to 15 cm (6 in) in length. The leaves are roundish and pulvinate at both the base and apex, with the basal portion being longer and partially twisted. The plant is commonly known as heart-leaved moonseed due to its distinct heart-shaped leaves and reddish fruit. The lamina is broadly ovate or ovate-cordate, measuring 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long and 8–15 cm (3–6 in) wide, seven-nerved, deeply cordate at the base, and membranous. The upper surface is pubescent, while the underside is covered in whitish tomentose hairs with a prominent reticulated pattern. The flowers are unisexual and small, appearing when the plant is leafless. They are greenish-yellow and grow in axillary and terminal racemes. Male flowers are clustered, whereas female flowers typically appear singly. Each flower has six sepals arranged in two whorls of three, with the outer sepals being smaller than the inner ones. It also has six petals, which are obovate, membranous, and smaller than the sepals. The fruit appears in clusters of one to three, consisting of smooth, ovoid drupelets on thick stalks. These fruits are scarlet or orange in color and feature subterminal style scars. | ||
Plant Classification
| Kingdom | Plantae | |
| Phylum | Streptophyta | |
| Class | Magnolipsida | |
| Order | Ranunculales | |
| Family | Menispermaceae | |
| Genus | Tinospora | |
| Species | cordifolia | |
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| Distribution | This plant is native to tropical regions of India and other Asian countries, including Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. | |
| Use | Tinospora cordifolia possesses diverse medicinal properties, including anti-diabetic, anti-periodic, anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, antioxidant, anti-allergic, anti-stress, anti-leprotic, anti-malarial, hepatoprotective, immunomodulatory, and anti-neoplastic effects. | |
| Chemical Constituents | Alkaloids, phytosterols, glycosides, tinosporide | |
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