You cant confirm the species, unless you check the petiole and leaf if it has short hairs over it. There is another similar looking species,
Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. Sunyatsenia 1: 193. 1934 Regards Pankaj On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this the one with a square cross-section stem? > Thanks for the id. > Regards, > Padmini Raghavan. > > On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Nice pictures Padmini ji. It is Tinospora cordifolia, an important >> medicinal plant. >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I saw this vine in a garden at Bangalore and was impressed by the way it >>> was extending all over, including on some overhead cables. >>> Please help me id it. >>> Thanks, >>> Padmini Raghavan. > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
