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Gymnema montanum
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Gymnema montanum (Roxb.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 31. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 840(590). 1923; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 178. 1988.
Asclepias montana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 45. 1832.
Bidaria montana (Roxb.) Rahman & Wilcock, Blumea 34: 99. 1989; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 285. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 247. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 100. 2000.
Gymnema tingens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. var. ovalifolia Wight, Ic. t. 592. 1842.
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Description:
Glabrous twining shrubs; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, to 16 x 10 cm, of branchlets much smaller, ovate or oblong, acute or acuminate, base truncate or rounded with few small glands; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, reticulations prominent; petiole to 2-3.5 cm long. Peduncles to 0.5 cm long, stout; flowers 5-30 together; pedicels 6-7 mm long; slender, pubescent. Calyx lobes linear-oblong, ciliate, 2 mm long; corolla greenish white, glabrous, tube 3 mm long, globose, lobes 3 x 2 mm, oblong. Corolline corona 5 pairs of densely pubescent ridges. Gynostegium 4 x 2 mm, ridged.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Kannur, Idukki, Palakkad, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
Green, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Sabarimala, Campshed area
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