Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Menispermaceae | Genus: Tinospora | Species: Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers, Tinospora verrucosa | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Guduchi, Giloy | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Heart-leaved Moonseed | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Ningthou Khongli | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1400 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruits drupes, ovoid or globose, glabrous, shining, bright red when ripe, about 5-7 mm across, stalks about 4-7 mm long, pericarp thin, style scar subterminal, endocarp bony, very thin, subrotund or broadly elliptic about 6-7 mm long, rounded, flattened ventral, slightly papillose on surface, style scars subbasal |
| Habitat | Occours in moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Bark Details | Bark grayish brown, corky, young shoots glabrous, flaking with age, stem striate, scattered with lenticels, branches striate, generally sending down long aerial roots from the host trees, where they spread |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | A large woody succulent climbing shrub | Leaf Details | Leaves 8-11 x 7-9 cm, broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base cordate, 5-ribbed; petiole 4-6 cm long |
