Thanks, Devendra ji. Links for Tinospora cordifolia: http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&q=Tinospora%20cordifolia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi (pictures), http://www.herbalcureindia.com/herbs/tinospora-cordifolia.htm (Ayurvedic medicinal use).
Some extracts from Wikipedia link (for pictures/ more details, pl. click on the link): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinospora_cordifolia *Tinospora cordifolia*, also called *Guduchi* is an herbaceous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous> vine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine> of the family Menispermaceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menispermaceae>indigenous to the tropical areas of India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>, Myanmar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar>and Sri Lanka <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka>. Synonyms: - South Asia: Guduchi , amrita (Sanskrit), giloe , gulancha (Bengali), giloya (Hindi), gado , galo (Gujarati), duyutige , teppatige (Telugu) - English: heartleaf moonseed - Indonesia: Brotowali, Andawali, Putrawali - Philippines: Makabuhay (Tagolog), Paliaban (Bisaya), Pañgiauban (Bisaya), Taganagtagua - Thailand: Boraphet (บอระเพ็ด) According to the 1911 British Pharmaceutical Codex, "Tinospora or Gulancha consists of the dried stem of Tinospora cordifolia, Miers (N.O. Menispermaceae), a climbing shrub indigenous to tropical India. The stems are collected in the hot season and dried. The drug occurs in straight or twisted cylindrical pieces and in slices, averaging about 2 centimetres in diameter, some pieces being much smaller. Externally, they are covered with a thin, papery, brown cork, bearing the raised scars of numerous lenticels<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticels>. The cork readily exfoliates and discloses a greenish cortex<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortex_(botany)>longitudinally wrinkled and marked with lenticels. The fracture is fibrous and the transverse section exhibits a yellowish wood with radially arranged wedge-shaped wood bundles, containing large vessels, separated by narrower medullary rays. The odour is not characteristic, but the taste is bitter. *Tinospora cordifolia* and similar species like *Tinospora crispa* and *Tinospora rumphii Boerl* are used in Ayurvedic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurvedic>and Jamu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamu> herbal medicine as a hepatoprotectant, protecting the liver <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver>from damage that may occur following exposure to toxins, as well as in Thailand, Philippines. Recent research has demonstrated that a combination of *T. cordifolia* extract and turmeric<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric>extract is effective in preventing the hepatotoxicity which is otherwise produced as a side effect of conventional pharmaceutical treatments for tuberculosis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis> using drugs such as isoniazid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoniazid> and rifampicin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifampicin> 2009/4/6 Devendra Bhardwaj <[email protected]> > hello, > This is Tinospora cordifolia fruit .Tinospora cordifolia a medicinal > climber.in hindi known as amrita.Best medician for chikingunia & other > fever. > With Regard > Devendra Bhardwaj > > --- On *Mon, 6/4/09, Sudipto Roy <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Sudipto Roy <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:10301] Id help please > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 7:27 PM > > Hello All > Could the experts please help me identify this plant? I saw it growing > on a mango tree last Sunday in CKBS near Calcutta. > Thanks in advance > Sudipto > > ------------------------------ > Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Get before others grab. > > > <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_dbid_9/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address> > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
