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Gymnema latifolium

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Wallich ex Wight

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• S. Yunnan - China
• India
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• semi-evergreen forest

Flowering Times

• Apr-Nov (China)
• Jul-Sep (India)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Dec (China)
• Oct-Nov (India)

Pubescent liana or twining shrub with young branches densely downy, leaves pilose or glabrescent. Axillary cymes or umbels 20mm diameter of 4mm yellowish flowers, calyx with pubescent lobes, corolla lobes to 1.2mm pubescent inside. Rusty-pubescent warted follicles to 85m long x 20mm.

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Ramachandran & Viswanathan
• Kew