Marsdenia


Marsdenia roylei Wight (Images by Anil Thakur (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))

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Marsdenia tenacissima (Roxb.) Moon (Images by R Gnanavel (Id by Vijayasankar Raman & C. Kunhikannan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links))

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Gymnema species in India:
  1. Gymnema acuminatum Wall.
  2. G. alterniflorum (Lour.) Merr. [synonym for Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult.]
  3. G. cuspidatum (Thunb.) Kuntze
  4. G. elegans Wight & Arn.
  5. G. indicum (M.A.Rahman & Wilcock) Kartik. & Moorthy
  6. G. inodorum (Lour.) Decne. synonym for Marsdenia tingens (Roxb.) P. I. Forster
  7. G. khandalense Santapau
  8. G. kollimalayanum A.Ramach. & M.B.Viswan.
  9. G. lactiferum (L.) R.Br. ex Schult. synonym for Marsdenia lactifera (L.) I. M. Turner
  10. G. latifolium Wall. ex Wight
  11. G. lushaiense M.A.Rahman & Wilcock
  12. G. macranthum Hook.f.
  13. G. mohanramii Karthik. & Moorthy
  14. G. montanum (Roxb.) Hook.f.
  15. G. sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Schult.
References
  1. Karthikeyan, S., Sanjappa, M. and Moorthy, S. 2009. Flowering Plants of India, Dicotyledons, vol-I (Acanthaceae- Avicenniaceae). Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. pp. 170-171.
  2. eFI page

A new species of Gymnema (Asclepiadaceae) from the Kollihills in Peninsular India- Ramachandran A. & Viswanathan M. B. 2009. — A new species of Gymnema (Asclepiadaceae) from the Kollihills in Peninsular India. Adansonia, sér. 3, 31 (2): 407-411.
ABSTRACT A new species of Asclepiadaceae, Gymnema kollimalayanum A. Ramachandran & M.B. Viswan., sp. nov. is described here from the Kollihills in the Eastern Ghats of Peninsular India. This species is allied to G. hirsutum Wight & Arn. by habit, woody stems, milky latex, umbellate cymose inflorescence, 5-merous flowers, calyx, corolla, anthers, follicles and comose seeds but differs by size and shape of leaves being elliptic or elliptic-rotund, subtruncate at base, abruptly acute at apex, longer petioles, arrangement of flowers, longer pedicels, shape and size of calyx, corolla, larger size of follicles, seeds and coma.

 
BinomialHabitNotesReferencesDistribution
Gymnema alterniflorum (Lour.) Merr. [synonym for Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult.]ClimberWestern Ghats, Deciduous ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987Madurai
Gymnema elegans Wight & Arn.ClimberDry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957Salem, Tirunelveli
Gymnema hirsutum Wight & Arn. synonym for Gymnema mohanramii Karthik. & MoorthyClimberWestern Ghats, Evergreen ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Theni
Gymnema lactiferum (L.) R. Br. ex. Schult. synonym for Marsdenia lactifera (L.) I. M. TurnerStragglerDry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous ForestsMatthew, 1999Dindigul
Gymnema montanum (Roxb.) Hook.f. var. beddomei Hook.f.CreeperWestern Ghats, Evergreen ForestsGamble, 1957Coimbatore
Gymnema montanum (Roxb.) Hook.f. var. montanumCreeperWestern Ghats, Dry Deciduous ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Theni
Gymnema montanum (Roxb.) Hook.f. var. pubiflora Hook.f. synonym for Gymnema indicum (M. A. Rahman & Wilcock) Karthik. & MoorthyCreeperWestern Ghats, Evergreen ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Hook.f. 1883Nilgiri
Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex SchultesClimberDry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987All districts
Gymnema tingens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. synonym for Marsdenia tingens (Roxb.) P. I. ForsterClimberWestern Ghats, Evergreen ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987Coimbatore


 
Botanical nameFamilyCommon name
Gymnema sylvestre Asclepiadaceae Gurmar

Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):

Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R. Br. ex Schult. (Nepal (W); China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; Africa)
Gymnema tingens (Roxb.) Spreng. (Subtropical Himalaya (Kumaun to Sikkim), Assam, W. & S. China) synonym for Marsdenia tingens (Roxb.) P. I. Forster

Gymnema inodorum (Loureiro) Decaisne in A. de Candolle [India, Nepal, Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam] synonym for Marsdenia tingens (Roxb.) P. I. Forster
Gymnema latifolium Wallich ex Wight [India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam]
Gymnema sylvestre (Retzius) Schultes in Roemer & Schultes  [India, Indonesia, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; Africa]

Antidiabetic Plants in India and Herbal Based Antidiabetic Research By T. Pullaiah, K. Chandrasekhar Naidu (2003)- Details-
Indigenous Drugs Of India By Chopra R N, I.C. Chopra (1933)- Details-

1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants By Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett, World Conservation Monitoring Centre-
Gymnema khandalense SANTAPAU - Rare- Maharastra

Gymnema tingens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. synonym for Marsdenia tingens (Roxb.) P. I. Forster

Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah (2006)- Details-
An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995)- Details with keys-

Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah (2000)- Details-

World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy By Johannes Seidemann (2005)- Details-

Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details-

Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998)- Details-

Gymnema hirsutum Wight & Arn. synonym for Gymnema mohanramii Karthik. & Moorthy
Gymnema pergularioides (Thwaites) Hook.f. synonym for Gymnema cuspidatum (Thunb.) Kuntze
Gymnema thomsonii Hook.f. synonym for Gongronema thomsonii (Hook. fil.) K. M. Matthew
Gymnema tingens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. synonym for Marsdenia tingens (Roxb.) P. I. Forster

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