Gymnema sylvestre, Chakkarakolli, Madhunaasini, Gymnema, ചക്കരക്കൊല്ലി, മധുനാശിനി

Family: Apocynaceae
Vernacular names: Chakkarakolli, Madhunaasini, ചക്കരക്കൊല്ലി, മധുനാശിനി (Malayalam), Gymnema (English), Ajasringi (Sanskrit), Gudmar (Hindi), Passaam (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Twining subshrubs, branchlets fulvous-tomentose. Leaves elliptic to ovate or obovate, apex obtusely acute. Flowers yellow, umbellate cymes, many together. Follicle 7.5 x 0.8 cm, lanceolate, seeds 10 x 5 mm, much compressed.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: July-January

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Anti-diabetic, anti-pyretic, digestive, anti-inflammatory, expectorant. The root and leaves are used to treat headache, leprosy, poisoning, wounds and bronchial asthma. They are also used to treat cough and fever. The leaf powder stimulates the heart and circulatory system and increases urine production.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
Traditional Uses:Leaves are dried in sunlight and make into powdered form. This powder is mixed with water and taken internally at early morning in empty stomach to cure diabetes.
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