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Tinospora cordifolia - Amrutha balli

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Amrutha balli


Tinospora cordifolia which is known by the common names heart-leaved moonseed, guduchi and giloy is an herbaceous vine of the family Menispermaceae indigenous to the tropical areas of India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Uses

Osteoarthritis, Pimples, Piles, Skin diseases, Diabetes, Blood pressure, Heart Diseases, Fever, Jaundice.

Parts Used

Stem, Roots, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Columbin, tinosporaside, jatrorhizine, palmatine, berberine, tembeterine, tinocordifolioside, phenylpropene disaccharides, choline, tinosporic acid, tinosporal, and tinosporon have been isolated from Tinospora cordifolia.

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Amrutha balli
Hindi geloy
Malayalam Amruthu, Chittamruthu
Tamil Shindilakodi
Telugu Tippa-teega
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Guduchi, amrita, cinnodbhava
English Tinospora cordifolia


Habit

Vine

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple No trichomes were found. The cross section shows a single layered epidermis and a wide zone of cortex composed of 3 to 4 layers of endodermis {{{3}}}

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 14cm long Pendulous, Ovoid male flowers in axillary spikes, pendulous; female flowers in axillary spikes, ovoid

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Syncarp (sorosis), subglobose or ellipsoid with long echinate processes, orange when ripe seeds many, ovoid. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Stem Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

The land is ploughed, harrowed, and made weed-free.A basal dose of FYM (farmyard manure) @ 10 tonnes per hectare and half dose of nitrogen (75 kg) are applied at the time of land preparation.About 2500 cuttings are required for plantation in 1 hectare of land.No specific treatment is required before sowing[2]

Commonly seen growing in areas

subtropical and tropical climate area, sandy loam soil.

Photo Gallery

  • Artocarpus hirsutus unripe fruit

  • The ripe fruit of Jungle Jack

  • unripe fruits in a tree

  • The ripe fruit of Anhili with the outer skin removed.

  • ripe fruits

  • a ripe fruit

  • semi-ripe Anhili fruit.

  • Artocarpus hirsutus fungal infection

  • Artocarpus hirsutus fungal infection close-up

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Leaf
  2. ↑ "vikaspedia" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "How to plant/cultivate" defined multiple times with different content

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