Apocynaceae
Miracle fruit
Gymnema sylvestre
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Gymnema
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- جيمنيما
- Bangla
- মেষশৃঙ্গ, গুড়মার
- Bhojpuri
- गुड़मार, गुड़ मार
- Chinese
- 匙羹藤, 武靴藤, 乌鸦藤, 小羊角扭, 狗屎藤, 羊角藤, 蛇天角, 金刚藤
- Croatian
- Srebrna svilenica
- English
- Miracle fruit, Cowplant
- Hebrew
- ג'ימנמה
- Hindi
- गुड़मार
- Japanese
- ギムネマ属
- Kannada
- ಮಧುನಾಶಿನಿ
- Malayalam
- ചക്കരക്കൊല്ലി
- Persian
- گیمنما
- Portuguese
- Gymnema
- Punjabi
- ਗੁੜਮਾਰ
- Sinhala
- මස්බැද්ද
- Tamil
- சிறுகுறிஞ்சா, கோகிலம், சிறுகுறிஞ்சான்
- Telugu
- పొడపత్రి, పుట్టభద్ర, మధునాశని
- Urdu
- گڑ مار
- Vietnamese
- Dây thìa canh
Synonyms
- Apocynum alterniflorum Lour.
- Asclepias geminata Roxb.
- Conocalpis umbellata Bojer ex Decne.
- Cynanchum senegalense Sieber ex Decne.
- Cynanchum subvolubile Schumach. & Thonn.
- Gymnema affine Decne.
- Gymnema alterniflorum (Lour.) Merr.
- Gymnema formosanum Schltr.
- Gymnema fruticulosum Hochst.
- Gymnema humile Decne.
- Gymnema melicida Edgew.
- Gymnema mkenii Harv.
- Gymnema parviflorum Decne.
- Gymnema parvifolium Wall.
- Gymnema rufescens Decne.
- Gymnema subvolubile (Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne.
- Gymnema sylvestre var. affine (Decne.) Tsiang
- Gymnema sylvestre var. ceylanica Hook.f.
- Gymnema sylvestre var. ceylanicum Hook.f.
- Gymnema sylvestre var. chinense Benth.
- Marsdenia sylvestris (Retz.) P.I.Forst.
- Periploca sylvestris Retz.
- Periploca tenuifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.
- Strophanthus alterniflorus (Lour.) Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 127 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vikas D Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Satheesan.vn at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 趙珮珽, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Satheesan.vn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.