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Gymnema acuminatum

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Wallich ex Wight

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Assam - India
• Java - Indonesia
• Lankawi
• Malacca - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Large tomentose twining shrub or tree with corky lenticellate stems, axillary cymes or umbels to 15mm, hairy pubescent flowers 3mm diameter, calyx lobes pubescent outside, corolla lobes glabrous to 3mm across, glabrous or glabrescent coriaceous follicles to 75mm long, coriaceous leaves tomentose beneath, glabrous above to 150mm x 70mm, young branches tomentose

Further References

• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• Kew