Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers Menispermum cordifolium Willd. Menispermum malabaricum Lam. Tinospora tomentosa (Colebr.) Hook. f. & Thomson. |
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| Bangla Name : | Gulancha, Gurach, Gadancha. ,Fa Bro Noi, Kha Bru Nay (Marma), Gurach-ludhi (Chakma), Paidda gandi, Sam rupu (Garo). |
| English Name : | Gulancha, Tinospora. |
| Family : | Menispermaceae |
| Disease : | stomachic, febrifuge, tonic, expectorant, stimulates, pimples, gonorrhoea, cough, fever, skin affections, cardiac problems, rheumatism, haemoptysis, colic, jaundice, burning sensation and dropsy. |
| Description : | A large glabrous climber, with succulent, corky, grooved stems, branches sending down slender, pendulous, fleshy roots. Leaves 5-10 cm or more long, roundish or subdeltoid, cordate, obtuse or more or less cuspidate. Racemes rather lax, 5 cm long, axillary, terminal or from the old wood, flowers small. Fruit scarlet, size of a large pea. |
| Distribution : | Barisal, Comilla, Chittagong, Dhaka, Dinajpur and other places of the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Stems contain the quaternary alkaloids, choline, protoberberine and also probably berberine and the glycosides, giloin and giloinin, a non-glycosidic compound gilenin, sterols, sitosterol and furanoid bitter principles such as columbin, chasmanthin and pa |
| Uses : | The stem is bitter stomachic, febrifuge, tonic, expectorant, stimulates bile secretion. Fresh juice of the plant is useful in pimples, gonorrhoea, cough, fever, skin affections, cardiac problems, rheumatism, haemoptysis, colic, jaundice, burning sensation |
| Habit : | Climber |