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Tinospora crispa
(L.) Miers Ac
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Synonym |
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Tinospora thorelii Gagnep |
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Family |
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Menispermaceae |
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Local name |
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Bitter
grape |
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Flowering and
fruiting period |
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February-June. |
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Distribution |
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Southeast
Asia and the northeastern region of India. |
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Distribution
in kerala |
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southern India |
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Habitat |
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Waste ground, forest margins[ |
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Uses |
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used in the treatment ofdiabetes |
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Key
Botanical Characters: Tinospora
crispa is a deciduous climbing shrub producing stems up to 15 metres long.
The stems are up to 1cm thick The plant often produces aerial roots from its
stems, these can grow down 10 metres or more to root into the so.Fruits drupes.  |
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