Gymnema

Gymnema (Neo-Latin, from Greek γυμνὀς gymnos, "naked" and νῆμα, nēma, "thread") is a genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810.

One species, Gymnema sylvestre, is commonly used as a dietary supplement and has the ability to suppress the taste of sweetness.

• # Gymnema acuminatum Nepal, N India, W Malaysia
 * Species

• # Gymnema albidum – Timor

• # Gymnema albiflorum – N Vietnam

• # Gymnema brevifolium – Australia

• # Gymnema calycinum – Luzon I

• # Gymnema chalmersii – New Guinea

• # Gymnema cumingii – Philippines

• # Gymnema cuspidatum

• # Gymnema decaisneanum – Tamil Nadu

• # Gymnema dissitiflorum – W Malaysia

• # Gymnema dunnii – Australia

• # Gymnema elegans – Tamil Nadu

• # Gymnema erianthum – New Caledonia

• # Gymnema foetidum – Yunnan

• # Gymnema glabrum – Myanmar

• # Gymnema griffithii – Thailand

• # Gymnema hainanense – Hainan

• # Gymnema hirtum – W Malaysia

• # Gymnema inodorum – S China, India, SE Asia

• # Gymnema javanicum – Java

• # Gymnema khandalense – Maharashtra

• # Gymnema lacei – Myanmar, Bangladesh

• # Gymnema lactiferum – India, Sri Lanka

• # Gymnema latifolium – S China, India, Nepal, N Indochina

• # Gymnema littorale – Java

• # Gymnema longiretinaculatum – S China

• # Gymnema lushaiense – Assam

• # Gymnema macrothyrsa – Sulawesi

• # Gymnema maingayi – Malacca

• # Gymnema mariae – Philippines

• # Gymnema micradenium – Queensland

• # Gymnema molle – Myanmar

• # Gymnema montanum – India

• # Gymnema muelleri – Northern Terr of Australia

• # Gymnema pachyglossum – Luzon I

• # Gymnema piperi – Mindanao

• # Gymnema pleiadenium – Queensland

• # Gymnema recurvifolium – New Guinea

• # Gymnema rotundatum – Sri Lanka

• # Gymnema rufescens –  Madagascar

• # Gymnema schlechterianum –  Philippines

• # Gymnema spirei – Laos

• # Gymnema suborbiculare – New Guinea

• # Gymnema sylvestre – S China, Ryukyu Is, SE Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Africa

• # Gymnema syringaefolium – Timor

• # Gymnema thorelii – Laos

• # Gymnema tricholepis – New Guinea

• # Gymnema trinerve – Australia

• # Gymnema uncarioides – Luzon I

• # Gymnema yunnanense – Guangxi, Yunnan • # Gymnema columnare, syn of Gongronema nepalense
 * formerly included

• # Gymnema crenatum, syn of Loeseneriella crenata

• # Gymnema finlaysonii, syn of Gongronema finlaysonii

• # Gymnema longepedunculatum, syn of Tylophora longipedunculata

• # Gymnema macrocarpum, syn of Dregea schimperi

• # Gymnema nepalense, syn of Gongronema nepalense

• # Gymnema nitidum, syn of Salacia nitida

• # Gymnema reticulatum, syn of Hoya reticulata

• # Gymnema sagittatum, syn of Gongronema nepalense

• # Gymnema subnudum, syn of Sarcolobus subnudus

• # Gymnema tenacissimum, syn of Marsdenia tenacissima

• # Gymnema thomsonii, syn of Gongronema thomsonii

• # Gymnema wallichii, syn of Gongronema wallichii