Gymnema hirsutum Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gymnema decaisneanum Wight
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
  • Flower, Fruit : May-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
  • Endemism : India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Ramakrishna et al-1995, The Asclepiadaceae and Periplocaceae of Karnataka; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gymnema hirsutum. Downloaded on 3 December 2024.

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