How to identify Gymnema montanum
Identify Gymnema montanum by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Found in hill/montane habitats.
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad oval.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gymnema montanum.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gymnema montanum
- Genus
- Gymnema
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gymnema montanum itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gymnema montanum itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Gymnema montanum
Gymnema montanum is a climber in the Asclepiadaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Gymnema montanum belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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