Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br.is a large, stout, woody climbing shrub belonging to the family Apocynaceae. The plant is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions, well distributed in parts of central and southern India and in the southern part of China, tropical Africa, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. The leaves are elliptic and opposite, 2.5 – 6 cm long, flowers are small and yellow in colour; calyx long, ovate and obtuse. Stem is aerial, hard, twinning and branched. The taste of the leaf is slightly bitter and astringent. It also possesses remarkable property of paralyzing the sense of the taste for sweet substance for few hours while chewing the leaves. Hence it is commonly called as sugar destroyer.
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