Plant Description:

Tinospora cordifolia is a large extensively spreading glabrous, dioecious perennial deciduous climber, grows on wide range of hedges and trees. It is reported to bear distinct male and female flowers. Its stem, when fresh, have a green succulent bark covered by a thin brown bark and are studded with warty lenticels when dry, the stem shrinks and the bark separate from the wood. This significant plant is also mentioned in important Pharmacopoeias.