Botanical Name	Tinospora cordifolia
Common Name
Family	Menispermaceae
Parts Used	Dried stem and bark
Medicinal Property	It is used as tonic, antiperiodic and aphrodisiac. The starch of roots and stems are nutritious and are used to cure diarrhoea.
Chemistry
Description	Vigorous climber. Stems are succulent and produce aerial roots. Stems and branches specked with white glands. Leaves are ovate or roundish up to 10 cm long. Flowers are very small, male and female flowers are separate. Female flowers are solitary, white male flowers are grouped in axils of bracts.
Distribution	Tropical parts of India.
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