Gymnema (Neo-Latin, from Greek γυμνὀς gymnos, "naked" and νῆμα, nēma, "thread")[4] is a genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810.
One species, Gymnema sylvestre, is commonly used as a dietary supplement and has the ability to suppress the taste of sweetness.[5]
Gymnema (Neo-Latin, from Greek γυμνὀς gymnos, "naked" and νῆμα, nēma, "thread") is a genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810.
One species, Gymnema sylvestre, is commonly used as a dietary supplement and has the ability to suppress the taste of sweetness.
Species Gymnema acuminatum Nepal, N India, W Malaysia Gymnema albidum – Timor Gymnema albiflorum – N Vietnam Gymnema brevifolium – Australia Gymnema calycinum – Luzon I Gymnema chalmersii – New Guinea Gymnema cumingii – Philippines Gymnema cuspidatum Gymnema decaisneanum – Tamil Nadu Gymnema dissitiflorum – W Malaysia Gymnema dunnii – Australia Gymnema elegans – Tamil Nadu Gymnema erianthum – New Caledonia Gymnema foetidum – Yunnan Gymnema glabrum – Myanmar Gymnema griffithii – Thailand Gymnema hainanense – Hainan Gymnema hirtum – W Malaysia Gymnema inodorum – S China, India, SE Asia Gymnema javanicum – Java Gymnema khandalense – Maharashtra Gymnema lacei – Myanmar, Bangladesh Gymnema lactiferum – India, Sri Lanka Gymnema latifolium – S China, India, Nepal, N Indochina Gymnema littorale – Java Gymnema longiretinaculatum – S China Gymnema lushaiense – Assam Gymnema macrothyrsa – Sulawesi Gymnema maingayi – Malacca Gymnema mariae – Philippines Gymnema micradenium – Queensland Gymnema molle – Myanmar Gymnema montanum – India Gymnema muelleri – Northern Terr of Australia Gymnema pachyglossum – Luzon I Gymnema piperi – Mindanao Gymnema pleiadenium – Queensland Gymnema recurvifolium – New Guinea Gymnema rotundatum – Sri Lanka Gymnema rufescens – Madagascar Gymnema schlechterianum – Philippines Gymnema spirei – Laos Gymnema suborbiculare – New Guinea Gymnema sylvestre – S China, Ryukyu Is, SE Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Africa Gymnema syringaefolium – Timor Gymnema thorelii – Laos Gymnema tricholepis – New Guinea Gymnema trinerve – Australia Gymnema uncarioides – Luzon I Gymnema yunnanense – Guangxi, Yunnan formerly included Gymnema columnare, syn of Gongronema nepalense Gymnema crenatum, syn of Loeseneriella crenata Gymnema finlaysonii, syn of Gongronema finlaysonii Gymnema longepedunculatum, syn of Tylophora longipedunculata Gymnema macrocarpum, syn of Dregea schimperi Gymnema nepalense, syn of Gongronema nepalense Gymnema nitidum, syn of Salacia nitida Gymnema reticulatum, syn of Hoya reticulata Gymnema sagittatum, syn of Gongronema nepalense Gymnema subnudum, syn of Sarcolobus subnudus Gymnema tenacissimum, syn of Marsdenia tenacissima Gymnema thomsonii, syn of Gongronema thomsonii Gymnema wallichii, syn of Gongronema wallichii
