- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Synonym(s) : Gymnema alterniflorum (Lour.) Merr.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm.
- Common name : Periploca of the woods, Sugar killer vine, Small Indian Ipecac, Gymnema
- Vernacular name :
- Gudmar, Merashingi (Hindi)
- Madhu nashini, Kodapatre, Kadasige (Kannada)
- Sirukurinja, Sarkarikolli, Adigam, Cherukurinja, Kannuminnayam kodi, Pasaani (Tamil)
- Poda patri, Chinna paalateega, Putta podara, Putta bhadra (Telugu)
- Mera-singi (Oria)
- Chakkarakolli, Madhunaasini, Sarkarakolli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Liana
- Habitat : Scrub jungles and hill slopes to 800m on thickets, by shola borders
- Comments / notes : Occasional; the leaves, if chewed, temporarily destroy the sense of sweet taste.
- Flower, Fruit : August-March
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 07/09/2009
- Collection Nos : FAP 37660
- Collection Locality : K.K. Kottala, Kadapa district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Guntur district, Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Kadapa district,
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Satara district
- Odisha : Puri district, Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Ken
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan District
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Flora of Udupi District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gymnema sylvestre. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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