This is T.cordifolia. Very common plant in Karnataka especially Mysore and Bangalore.
--- On Sat, 6/11/10, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: From: mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:53463] 051110PR-2-Bangalore for ID To: "Vijayasankar" <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> Cc: "Gurcharan Singh" <singh...@gmail.com>, "Pankaj Kumar" <sahanipan...@gmail.com>, "Padmini Raghavan" <padi...@gmail.com>, "indiantreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Date: Saturday, 6 November, 2010, 7:10 AM Also known by the name Giloy. It is used in Ayurvedic medicines for increasing immunity. Regards, Mani. On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: Padmini ji, in cross section the stem will be circular in outline and you can see numerous medullary rays arching from center to periphery, giving a wheel-like appearance, a characteristc feature of (most of the) Menispermaceae members. By looking at the leaf shape, size and glabrous nature (i think it is not hairy, right?) i am sure it is T. cordifolia. This is common in most of the gardens in Bangalore. The other species (T. sinensis) is seldom planted here except in gardens of some research institutions. Regards Vijayasankar On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: These two species have been discussed quite often on this group, but unfortunately we don't have authentic well illustrated photographs of T. malabarica, which is now known as T. sinensis To me the branches do look hairy, and the crimson fruits on longer stalks do suggest T. chinensis (syn: T. malabarica). These two threads should help in resoving the issue: https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/115f1c282cb82c4e/17686163c566f98c?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Tinospora+sinensis#17686163c566f98c https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/7a67a748002dc80/70475d57a15f19df?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Tinospora+sinensis#70475d57a15f19df -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 <padi...@gmail.com> 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 <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> > 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 <padi...@gmail.com> >> 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
