🌿 Guduchi / Giloy

Tinospora cordifolia

herbs perennial climbing vine

☀️ Sun

Partial Shade to Full Sun

💧 Water

Moderate

🗺️ Zones

4-9

🧪 Soil pH

6.0-7.5 (tolerates wide range; prefers well-drained)

📏 Spacing

3-5 ft apart (vine; needs support/tree to climb)

⏱️ Maturity

1-2 years (from planting stem cuttings); harvestable stems after 12-18 months

Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone

🤝 Companions (4)

🤝 Neem Tree

Deciduous climbing vine that needs sturdy support (trees, trellises, fences). In nature grows on neem and mango trees. Provides shade for understory plants. Aggressive grower in tropics.

🤝 large shrubs

Deciduous climbing vine that needs sturdy support (trees, trellises, fences). In nature grows on neem and mango trees. Provides shade for understory plants. Aggressive grower in tropics.

🤝 mango tree

Deciduous climbing vine that needs sturdy support (trees, trellises, fences). In nature grows on neem and mango trees. Provides shade for understory plants. Aggressive grower in tropics.

🤝 trellises with partial shade plants

Deciduous climbing vine that needs sturdy support (trees, trellises, fences). In nature grows on neem and mango trees. Provides shade for understory plants. Aggressive grower in tropics.

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ small plants it can smother

Growth inhibition or competition

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