Tinospora fragosa

Botanical Description

Tinospora fragosa is a fast-growing, semi-succulent, climbing shrub producing stems up to 10 metres long from a tuberous rootstock. The stems are around 15cm in diameter and support themselves by twining around other plants[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. , 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. ]. These stems have a tendency to produce weak and thinner parts which are relatively easy to break - each part that breaks off can re-root and form new plants[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. An attractive, ornamental plant, it has bright orange-red fruits that ripen when the bright green leaves appear[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].