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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 4068

Gymnema sylvestre

Family: Apocynaceae • Common: Australian Cowplant; Cowplant; Gurmar; Gymnema; Periploca Of The Woods; Periploca of the woods; Small Indian Ipecac; Small Indian Ipecacuanha; Sugar killer vine
247 Compounds 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

Overview

Species Gymnema sylvestre
Habit Liana
Habitat Scrub jungles and hill slopes to 800m on thickets; by shola borders
Distribution (India)
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