Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers
Family: Menispermaceae
Moon creeper, Bile killer, Tinospora, Heart leaved moonseed
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Climber
Distribution:
Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China.
Use: Medicinal
Description:
Glabrous climbers. Leaves simple, alternate, broadly cordate to cordate, basal sinus often very broad, apex abruptly acuminate. Inflorescences up to 15 cm long, appearing with leaves, drooping. Male flowers: outer 3 sepals greenish-yellow, ovate 1-1.5 mm long, inner 3 elliptic, concave, 3-4 mm long; petals rhombic-clawed, externally papillose towards base, 2-2.5 mm long; stamen clavate, 3 mm long. Female flowers: petals broadly spathulate; staminodes 1.5 mm long, carpels 1.8 mm long. Drupes 1-3, red, endocarp thinly bony, broadly elliptic to subrotund in outline, 6-7 mm long.