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Botanical Name Tinospora cordifolia  
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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.
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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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