Botanical name : Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br.
Family : Asclepiadaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Ajasringi, Meshasringi, Madhunasini.
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Katu
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha,
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     : Periploca of the woods
Hindi        : Gud-mar, Merasingi
Malayalam    : Chakkarakkolli
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large, woody climber. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic, pointed at the end; flowers small, yellow in umbellate cymes, axillary; fruits slender, brownish follicles.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, hepato-splenomegaly, renal and vesical calculi, constipation, asthma and leukoderma.
Useful part    :    Whole plant

Photo : Dr.Eby Abraham MD