Gymnema sylvestre
| Author :(Retz.) R.Br. ex Schult. |
| Family : Asclepiadaceae |
| Habit: Climbing shrub |
| Sanskrit: Mesasrngi, Madhunashini |
| English: Periploca of the woods |
A large woody climber, with elliptic or ovate leaves, small, yellow flowers in umbellate cymes and terete, lanceolate, dark green follicles containing numerous ovate, broadly margined seeds.
Leaves, root
inflammation, liver and spleen disorders, constipation, jaundice, bleeding, worm infestations heart disorders, cough, asthma, bronchitis, intermittent fever, conjuctivitis, leucoderma, diabetes, dental plaque formation, freckles, blemishes, diabetic boils, sore eyes, weakness and loss of sexual power, snakebite
gymnemic acid, hentriacontanol, A and B chlorophyll, anthraquinone derivatives, several O-iso-propylidene derivatives of gymnemagenin