Giloy / Malabar Gulbel
Tinospora sinensis
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- February-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tinospora sinensis
- Genus
- Tinospora
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves in plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Giloy itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Typical of the Menispermaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- गिलोय giloy, गुलंचा gulancha, gurch
- Nepali
- गुर्जो लहरा Gurjo Laharaa
- Bengali
- পদ্মগুলঞ্চ
- Tamil
- potchindil
- Kannada
- Sudarsana balli
- Malayalam
- Pee-amerdu, Kattu amirthu, കാട്ടമൃത്
- Marathi
- gulvel, vhadli-amrutvel, गुळवेल
About Giloy
Malabar Gulbel (Tinospora sinensis) is a woody climber in the Menispermaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and 7 other states. It grows in evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves in plains. Flowering and fruiting run from February to June.
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Giloy belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
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