Tinospora sinensis(Lour.) Merr.

(Guduchi)



Common nameGuduchi
HabitClimber
HabitatEvergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves in the plains
Parts usedStem

Synonyms

Sr. No. Synonyms
1Campylus sinensis Lour.
2Cocculus malabaricus DC.
3Cocculus tomentosus Colebr.
4Menispermum malabaricum Lam.
5Menispermum tomentosum (Colebr.) Roxb.
6Tinospora malabarica (Lam.) Hook.fil. & Thomson
7Tinospora tomentosa (Colebr.) Hook.fil. & Thomson

Taxonomical information

KingdomViridiplantae
PhylumStreptophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderRanunculales
FamilyMenispermaceae
GenusTinospora
SpeciesTinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Vernacular names

SanskritAmrta, Vatsadani
EnglishMalabar gulbel
HindiGulancha, Tiloe,Gilai
KannadaSudharshanaballi
MarathiGulvel
MalayalamChittamrutu
Bengali
TamilPotchindil
TeluguThippatheega
Urdu

Morphology

Large climber, stem 2 cm in diameter, old branches are smooth and shining, more or less warty light coloured papery bark, young parts covered with whitish hairs. Leaves which are 7.5-23 cm long, membranous, broadly ovate, base cordate, sparingly pubescent above and white tomentose below. Petioles 6-12 cm long striate. Flowers are arranged in pseudo racemes arising from the old branches, simple, pedunculate, yellowish green coloured. Fruits which are orange coloured or scarlet, drupes with 1-3

Distribution

Globally distributed in Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Within India, Assam, Andra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Daman and Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha and Sikkim

Medicinal uses

Fever, Rheumatism, Gonorrhea, Jaundice , Diabetes, Ulcerated wounds, Gastritis and Piles

References

1Joshi, V. K., Joshi, A., and Dhiman, K. S. (2017). The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, development and perspectives. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 197, 32-38.
2Vattakaven, T., George, R. M., Balasubramanian, D., Rejou-Mechain, M., Muthusankar, G., Ramesh, B. R., and Prabhakar, R. (2016). India Biodiversity Portal: An integrated, interactive and participatory biodiversity informatics platform. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4, e10279
3Hegde, S., and Jayaraj, M. (2016). A Review of the Medicinal Properties, Phytochemical and Biological Active Compounds of Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature, 6, 84-94.
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