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Gymnema elegans
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Gymnema elegans Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 46.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:32.1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 839(590). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 196. 1999.
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Description:
Slender twiners. Leaves to 7 x 3.5 cm, ovate, lanceolate, apex acuminate, base shallowly cordate, membranous, lowest two pairs of nerves starting from base; petiole 1.5 cm. Umbels axillary, about 10-15 flowered; calyx lobes 3 x 1mm, linear, oblong, glandular inside; corolla campanulate, tube 3 mm, lobes overlapping, elliptic; corona corolline, of 10 fleshy process, 1 mm long, brown; pollinia erect, staminal column 2 mm, filaments dilated.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar
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