shati :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: ApocynaceaeAsclepiadaceae
Genus: Gymnema
Species: Gymnema sylvestre

Allied species:

Gymnema sylvestre var. affine (Decne.) Tsiang, Gymnema sylvestre var. ceylanica Hook. f., Gymnema sylvestre var. ceylanicum Hook.f., Gymnema sylvestre var. chinense Benth., Gymnema sylvestre var. decaisneana (Wight) Thwaites, Gymnema sylvestre var. decaisneanum (Wight) Thwaites.

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: madhunashini मधुनाशिनी
English: Gurmar, Cowplant, Australian cowplant, periploca of the woods, small Indian ipecacuanha
Hindi: gurmar
Urdu: gurmar sa si nga, sa sri ngi
Telugu: podapatri
Bengali: মেষশৃঙ্গ meshashrunga
Marathi: : बेडकीचा पाला bedakicha pala, गुडमार gudmar
Konkani: कौळी kawli
Oriya: ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ lakshmi, ମେଣ୍ଢା ଶିଙ୍ଗିଆ mendhasingia, ନାଗପୁଷ୍ପୀ nagapushpi
Gujarathi: ગુડમાર gudmar, મધુનાશિની
Tamil: சிறுகுறிஞ்சா cirukurinca, கோகிலம் kokilam
Malayalam: chakkarakolli
Kannada: ಮಧುನಾಶಿನಿ madhunashini
Arabic: Barkista
Chinese: 匙羹藤
German: Waldschlinge
Nepal: Gudamaar
Persian: kista
Sinhalese: Masbedda (මස්බැද්ද) / Muva kiriwel (මුව කිරි වැල්)

Varities:

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