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Hindi to English translations [PRO] Botany / botany | ||||
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| Selected response from: Dr. Shrawan Bhandari New Zealand Local time: 15:07 | |||
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5 +2 | Tinospora cordifolia |
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5 | Tinspora Kordifoliya |
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Tinospora cordifolia Explanation: Guduchi [Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook. F. & Thoms] is a large, glabrous, deciduous climbing shrub belonging to the family Menispermaceae. It is distributed throughout tropical Indian subcontinent and China, ascending to an altitude of 300 m. In Hindi, the plant is commonly known as Giloya, which is a Hindu mythological term that refers to the heavenly elixir that have saved celestial beings from old age and kept them eternally young. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2010-01-04 00:18:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Giloy.jpg Reference: http://medind.nic.in/ibi/t03/i2/ibit03i2p83.pdf |
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