Hi, Difficult to say. Will have to wait for it to flower / fruit to be absolutely sure. Meanwhile my photographs of the fruit, leaves & hairy stems are available for comparison at this link : https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/TuBzSTGJe84 With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Fri, 12/21/12, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: From: jmgarg1 <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:141083] Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. from Guwahati. To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Date: Friday, December 21, 2012, 6:29 PM Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Karuna Das <[email protected]> Date: 9 December 2012 16:28 Subject: [efloraofindia:140185] Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. from Guwahati. To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Cc: kd_dkc <[email protected]> Dear All, Attaching images of what looks like� Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. (?). Please confirm ID. Date : 29/10/2012 Location: At my residenc ,Guwahati-12 [Dist- Kamrup(Metro)] Family :Menispermaceae Genus & species : Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. (?) Habitat: Grows wild Habit :Climber Leaf : Large, cordate, width( 17 cm) & length (16cm), pubescent Stem : twiner, pubescent, with white patches Flower : Not seen Fruits :not seen Vern. name : Hoguni-lota (Assamese) With regards Karuna Kanta Das Guwahati 781012 Catch India as it happens with the Rediff News App. To download it for FREE, click here -- -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2015 members & 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- --

