CLASSIFICATION
TAXON
Tinospora glabra
FAMILY
Menispermaceae Juss.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
GENUS
Tinospora Miers
Taxon Note
Tinospora glabra is the currently updated scientific name as per ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature). The correct name may not be updated or its acceptance pending in certain databases.
Synonymous GRIN Taxon
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson
Plant Description
A deciduous twiner. Bark greyish-white, lenticellate, grooved. Leaves membranous, broadly ovate to ovate-triangular, glabrous 5-7 nerved. Inflorescence 2-7 cm long, axillary. Drupes globose, deep red at maturity.
Flowering & Fruiting Period: January -April.
*Description source: Flora of Savantwadi