Gymnema inodorum (Lour.) Decne.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Gymnema

Characteristics

Lianas to 10 m. Stems glabrous; young branchlets pale gray, lenticellate, puberulent. Petiole 2-6 cm; leaf blade membranous, ovate-oblong to ovate or broadly ovate, 4-13 × 2-9 cm, glabrous or thin puberulent along veins, base rounded to shallowly cordate, apex acuminate to caudate; lateral veins 4-6 pairs. Inflorescences eventually racemelike with sessile umbel-like cymes arranged in spiral, up to 4 cm; peduncle 1-2 cm. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm. Sepals oblong, 2-3 × 1.4 mm, shorter than corolla tube, puberulent, ciliate. Corolla yellow, 6-7 mm, minutely puberulent outside; tube cylindric, glabrous except for longitudinal bands of stiff hairs alternating with lobes; lobes oblong, 3-4 × 1.6-1.8 mm, apex rounded, glabrous except for ciliate margin. Pollinia oblong. Stigma head dome-shaped, exserted from corolla tube. Follicles lanceolate in outline, up to 16 × 3 cm, wall thick and slightly fibrous, glabrous. Seeds ca. 1.5 × 1 cm; coma ca. 4 cm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jun-Dec.
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A climbing shrub or creeper. It can grow 10-25 m long. The leaves are broadly oval and 4-14 cm long by 2-9 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 2-6 cm long. The flower petals are yellow and covered with small hairs. The follicle is 8-16 cm long by 3 cm wide. It has a small beak.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

Locally common in thickets and secondary forest. Bushland and open woods.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in thickets and secondary forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses dye material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Ichthyosarcotoxin (unspecified), Shortwindedness (unspecified), Paralysis (whole plant), Tuberculosis, pulmonary (whole plant)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Gymnema inodorum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:98176-1
WFO ID wfo-0000712233
COL ID 8S65Y
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Synonyms

Parsonsia inodora Asclepias tingens Bidaria tingens Pergularia syringifolia Cynanchum inodorum Gymnema inodorum Gymnema syringifolium Asclepias daemia Bidaria inodora Bidaria syringifolia Gymnema tingens Marsdenia syringifolia Marsdenia tingens Bidaria pubiflora Gymnema tingens Gymnema tingens var. cordifolium Gymnema tingens var. ovalifolium