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Gymnema indicum
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Gymnema indicum (M.A. Rahman & Wilcock) Karthik. & Moorthy in Karthik. et al., Fl. Pl. India 1: 170. 2009.
Bidaria indica Rahman & Wilcock, Blumea 34: 99. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 246. 1998.
Gymnema montanum (Roxb.) Hook. f. var. beddomei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 32. 1883; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 289. 1990.
Gymnema montanum (Roxb.) Hook. f. var. pubiflora Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 32. 1883.
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Description:
Glabrous twining shrubs. Leaves to 12 x 5 cm, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, base rounded; nerves 4-6 pairs; petiole 12 mm long. Flowers yellow, 5 x 8 mm, in 4 or 5-flowered axillary umbels; peduncle 12 mm long, stout, puberulus; pedicels to 8 mm long; sepals to 4 x 1.9 mm, oblong, obtuse, pubescent; corolla tube 3.5 mm long, lobes 4 x 2.5 mm, obovate, retuse, pubescent outside, yellow; corona corolline, ridges tomentose; gynostegium 6 x 3 mm, cylindrical.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Wayanad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Uppermanalar, Mukkali forests, Silent Valley R. F.
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