Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Menispermaceae | Genus: Tinospora | Species:
Tinospora cordifolia
(Willd.) Miers
( गिलोय , गुलबेल ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Chasmanthera cordifolia (DC.) Baill., Cocculus cordifolius (Willd.) DC., Menispermum cordifolium Willd | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Gulbel, Indian Tinospora | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Tinospora, Indian Tinospora, Heart leaved moonseed, Bile killer, Moon creeper | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Giloy, Gulbel | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1400m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Drupes sessile; seeds grooved vertically. |
| Habitat | Moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar | Bark Details | Bark is light grey brown in colour, corky and papery |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Woody succulent climbing shrub. Bark grayish brown, corky, flaking with age. Leaves simple, alternate, broadly ovate, cordate or suborbicular, base cordate to sinuate, margin entire, apex deeply acuminate or cuspidate. Flowers unisexual, fascicled, yellow, pedicellate. Male flowers, pedicels slender, glabrous sepals 6, in 2 series; petals 6, free, rhomboidal, obovate. Female flowers, sepals and petals similar as in male flowers, staminodes 6, carpels 3.Fruit a drupe, ovoid or globose, glabrous, shining, bright red when ripe; seeds curved or half moon shape. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, broadly ovate, cordate or suborbicular, base cordate to sinuate, margin entire, apex deeply acuminate or cuspidate |
