Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Gymnema sylvestre
Scientific Name and Description
Gymnema sylvestre R.BR.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Periploca sylvestris RETZ.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Gurmar (गुर्मार), chhota-dudhilata, chhotadudhilata, gudmar, gurmar, jangli urad, jangli-urad, kavali, medhashingi, merasimgi, merasingi, meshasingi |
| Kannada | hiriya kaage donde, kadasige, kadhasige, madhunaasha, madhunaashini, sanna garase humbu, sannagera, sannagera sehambu, sannagerasehambu, sannagersehambu, sennagerse, uriyamare |
| Malayalam | cakkarakkolli, madhunasini |
| Marathi | Gurmar (गोरमणी), bedaki, bedakuli, kaabalee, kaalikaradodi, kalikardori, kaoli, karadodee, kavali, kavli, madphali, meshashringi, parapatraha, vakandi, vakhande, vakundi, |
| Sanskrit | ajaballi, ajaghandini, ajashrangi, ajashringi, ajashringika, ajasringi, ajasrngi, akshibheshaja, anyada, avartini, bahalchakshu, bisharni, chakrashreni, chakshu, chakshurbahala, chakshushya, grihadruma, karnika, kshinavartta, madhunasini, maurvi, medashrangi, medhasingi, medhrashingi, meghaballi, mendhasingi, mesasrngi, mesharingi, meshashrangi, meshashringi, meshasringi, meshavalli, meshavishanika, meshshringi, netraushadhi, putrashringi, sarpadanshtrika, sarpadarushtrika, tiktadughdha, vartika, vishani, vishanika, vrikshikali |
| Tamil | Sirukurinchi (சிறுகுறிஞ்சி), aadigam, adigam, aliyakam, amudupudbam, amudupushpam, amutaccevitam, amutacevitam, amutapuram, amutapuspacceti, amutaputpam, amutupuram, anantam, riyakam, atavankani, atikam, attikkolikacceti, attikolikam, ayagam, ayakam, cakaca, cakacacceti, cakkan, calakacceti, calakam, carakam1, carankam, carkkarai kolli, chiru-kurinchan, ciru kurincan, ciru kurincan ver, cirukurinca, cirukurincacceti, cirukurincan, citcuciyam, cittiram, cittiratam, cornavatiyatimatukam, kalaviluti, kali, kannu minnayam kodi, katuvalli, kavali, kitcuciyam, kogilam, kokila, kokilacceti, kokilam, kokilam, kokulam, kotikkurinca, kulalitaccam, kurintai, kuriyaparani, maccirunki, mesacirunki, muttupparappi, natayantanancari, nocitacceti, nocitam, panatantiri, passaam, patavirutcam, puliyam, pulliyacceti, pulliyam , purkurinci, purukurincicceti, sakkaraikkolli, shagasharam, shiru kurunja, shiru-kurunja, shirukurinja, sirroo coorinja vayr, siru-kurinjan, sirukurincha, sirukurinjan, sirukurumkay, sirukurunja, tetcanavirutci, tiruparani, unmantaki, unmattaki, |
| Telugu | bodaapathri, bodaparta, poda patri, podapathri, podapatra, podapatri, putla-podra, putlapodara, putlapodra, putta podara, puttapodara, puttapodra |
| Tibetan | sa si nga, sa sri ngi (p) |
| Urdu | gurmar, gurmar booti, gurmar patta |
| Bengali | Gurmaar (গুরমার্) |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm. Podapatri Apocynaceae Leaf Diabetes
Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R. Br. ex. Schult. Asclepiadaceae SirukurunjanClimber Leaves Paste Antidiabetic and Antihyperlipidemic
Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R. Br. ex Sm
Habit-Herb
Parts used -Whole plant
Application -Gas trouble; diabetes; asthma; poison bites; skin diseases; fever; galactogogue; joint pains; breathing trouble; constipation; jaundice; snake and scorpion bites; irregular periods; antiseptic; boils; blisters
Treatment -General; women
References -Manikandan et al. 2006, Ramya 2008, Samy et al. 2008, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Manikandan et al. 2006
Ramya 2008
Samy et al. 2008
Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Endangered Medicinal Plants A. B. Chaudhuri
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Gymnema sylvestre. (2024, March 23). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnema_sylvestre