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Menispermaceae

Amrita

Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Family
Menispermaceae
Genus
Tinospora

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Amrita (Tinospora cordifolia)
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (29)
ace
Awé buta
Arabic
ممتدة البذور قلبية الأوراق
Assamese
শগুনী লতা
ban
Kantawali
Bangla
গুলঞ্চ
Bhojpuri
गुरुचि
bjn
Penawar Sampai
Burmese
ဆင်တုံးမနွယ်
English
Amrita, Guduchi, Guruchi
gor
Alambuwane
Hindi
गिलोय, गुडुची
Indonesian
Bratawali
Japanese
イボツヅラフジ
Javanese
Bratawali
Kannada
ಅಮೃತಬಳ್ಳಿ
lah
گلو
Malayalam
അമൃത്, Amruth, Gulancha Tinospora, അമൃതവള്ളി, ചിറ്റമൃത്, റ്റീനോസ്പോറ കോർഡിഫോലിയ
Manipuri
ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯈꯣꯡ ꯂꯤ
Marathi
गुळवेल, अमृतवेल
Nepali
गुर्जो
Odia
ଗୁଳୁଚି
Punjabi
ਗਿਲੋਅ
Sanskrit
अमृतलता
shn
ၶိူဝ်းသၢႆမၢၵ်ႇၼွႆႇ, တူၼ်ႈၶိူဝ်းသၢႆမၢၵ်ႇၼွႆႇ
Sundanese
Andawali
Tamil
சீந்திற்கொடி
tcy
ಅಮೃತ ಬಳ್ಳಿ
Telugu
తిప్పతీగ, గుడుచి, తిప్ప తీగ, తిప్పతీగె
Thai
บอระเพ็ด, ต้นบอระเพ็ด

Synonyms

  • Cocculus convolvulaceus DC.
  • Menispermum cordifolium Willd.
  • Tinospora cordifolia var. congesta Mujaffar, Yasin & Solanki
  • Tinospora fosbergii Kundu
  • Tinospora mahajanii Shakun Mishra, Khristi & Solanki

Flowers

In flower
January, March to April, July, November (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.