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to the base of the petals. Drupe elliptic, oblong, 1 in. long, 

 size of an olive, pale-yellow. 



Properties and Uses :— Possesses the bitterness and probably 

 the tonic properties of gulanehd (Ph Jnd.) 



40. T. cordifolia, Miers. h.f.b.l, l 97. 



Syn.: — Menispermum cordifolium, Eoxb., Cocculus cordi- 

 folius, DC. 



Habitat : — Throughout tropical India, from Kumaon to Assam 

 and from Behar and the Concan to the Carnatic. In the Dun and 

 Shaharanpur forests, fairly common. 



Sans. : — Guduchi (bitter plant), Kundali (coiled \ Chhina(cut) 

 Vayastha (old), Amrila-Vallari (immortal Creeper), chhinnodh- 

 hana (growing after being cut), Chhinnaruha, Amrita (nectar), 

 Jwara-nishini (febrifuge) Vatsadani (eating its own offspring), 

 Chandrapasa deriding the moon), Jivanti (living^ Chakra-Lak- 

 shana (wheel-shaped.) 



Vern. : — Gurach, gurcha, giloe, gulancha, gul-bet, (extracts 

 palo, sut-gilo, satte-gilo (root)-ghiancha-ki-jar, (Hind.) ; gulancha, 

 gurach, giloe, nim-gilo, gadancha (Beng.) ; zakhmi haiyat, gilo. 

 garum, garham, batindu, (Pb.) (Extract)-palo, sut-gilo (Sind); 

 Gulwel, (CP.) ; Gulvel, guloe, gharol, giroli, ambarvel; (Bomb.) ; 

 Gulaveli, gulavela, gulwail, guloe, gharol, (Mar.) ; Gado, gulvel, 

 galo, (Guz.); gul-wail, gul-bel, gulo, (extract)-polo, sat-gilo, gulbel 

 ka-sat, (Dec); Shindil-kodi, (extract)-shindil-shakkarai (root)- 

 shindil, kodi-ver, (Tarn.) ; Tippa-lige guluchi, guduchi, guricha, 

 manapala, tippatingai, (extract) Tippa-tige-sattu, (root)-tippa- 

 tege veru (Tel.) ; Amrita-Calli, amruta-Calli, (Kan.) ; Amruta 

 valli, citamerdu, amruta, chitramruta (Malay) ; Amritvel, amrit- 

 wel (Goa). 



A glabrous, succulent, climbing shrub, often reaching a 

 great height and sending down long thread-like aerial roots, 

 closely warted. Bark grey or creamy-white, deeply cleft in spiral 

 longitudinal clefts, the space between the clefts usually dotted 

 with large rosette-like corky lenticels. Wood white, soft, porous. 

 Pores small to large, rather scanty, irregularly arranged between 

 the few broad medullary rays (Gamble), Leaves 2-4 in., broadly 



