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Gymnema sylvestre
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R. Br. ex Schult. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 6: 57. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 29. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 839(590). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 169. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 258. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 283. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 434. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 289. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 226. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 289. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 208. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 426. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 250. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 196. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 196. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 441. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 530. 2009.
Periploca sylvestris Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 15. 1781.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chakkarakolli, Madhunaasini, Sarkarakolli
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Tamil name(s):
Madhusnani
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English name(s):
Small Indian Ipecae, Gymnema
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Description:
Twining subshrubs, branchlets fulvous-tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite, 4-7 x 3-5 cm, elliptic to ovate or obovate, apex obtusely acute, base truncate or obtuse, subcoriaceous, densely tomentose below, nerves 3 pairs; petiole 1-3 cm long. Flowers 4 mm across in umbellate cymes, many together; peduncle to 1 cm long, hispid; pedicels 6 mm long, slender. Sepals 2 mm long, ovate. Corolla campanulate, yellow, 2.5 mm long, tube globose, lobes triangular. Corolline corona 5 vertical pairs of pubescent ridges. Gynostegium 1.5 x 1 mm, cylindrical. Follicles 7.5 x 0.8 cm, lanceolate, seeds 10 x 5 mm, much compressed.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Yellow
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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:
Peechi, Sholayar, Poringal, Rosemala, Kattalappara, Chinnar, Sabarimala, Vengoli, Dhoni R. F., Manantody, Kannoth, Chandanathode, Walayar, Panangotteri, Nootavanpara, Nedumkayam, Vandalodu
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