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Botanical Name Gymnema sylvestre.

 
Common Name English: Periploca of the woods
Family Asclepiadaceae.
Parts Used Leaves.
Medicinal Property The plant is bitter, astringent, acrid, thermogenic anti-inflammatory, anodyne, digestive, diuretic and laxative. It is useful in inflammations. The fresh leaves when chewed have the remarkable property of paralyzing the sense of taste for sweet and bitter substances for sometimes.
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Description A large, woody, much branched climber with pubescent young parts; leaves simple, opposite, elliptic or ovate, more or less pubescent on both sides. Fruits slender, follicles up to 7.5 cm long.
Distribution Throughout India, in dry forests up to 600 m.
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