Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

ชิงช้าชาลี Tinospora baenzigeri Forman MENISPERMACEAE 4

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Descriptions :
Climber Evergreen woody climber, bearing scattered pustular lenticle, containing bitter sap, producing very long aerial root. Leaves ; simple, alternate, heart shape, entire margin, acuminate apex, cordate base, 4-7 cm by 10-12 cm., glabrous,slightly succulent. Inflorescence; racemose type, not appearing with the leaves, Flower; imperfect, perianth 6, light yellow, 0.2- 0.3 by 0.5-1.5 mm. Staminate flower with 6 stamens, filament white, anther light yellow. Pistilate flower produced superior ovary. Fruit; drupe, thin pericarp, yellow or orange, elliptic shape 1-5 cm.