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Giloe
 

TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA MIERS. FAMILY - MENISPERMANCEAE

Giloe
A large extensively spreading, perennial woody climber with succulent stems. Leaves simple, alternate, cordate-ovate; flowers unisexual dioecious, yellow. Fruit of 3 shortly stalked subglobose drupes.
COMMON NAMES : Guduchi, Amrita, Gurach, Tinospora.
DISTRIBUTION : The plant occurs throughout tropical regions of India extending from Kumaon to Assam and Myanmar, Bihar, Konkan to Sri Lanka. It is a large climber which grows over the highest trees in the forests and throws out aerial roots which reach the length of 10 metres, though not thicker than pack-thread.

PART USED : Stem.

 
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