Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Tinospora crispa - Patawali
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Edible Portion: Fruit, Spice
A woody climber. It grows 4-10 m long. It loses its leaves during the year. It can have long aerial roots. Old stems are fleshy. The leaf stalk is 5-15 cm long and the leaves are broadly oval to heart shaped and 6-13 cm long by 6-13 cm wide.