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The LanguaL 2017™ Thesaurus - Systematic Display

	Updated 2018-06-12

FTC

B5134

Descriptor

MIRACLE FRUIT

Synonym(s)

australian cowplant; gymnema; gymnema sylvestre; periploca of the woods

Scope note

Taxon Info

Scientific family	Apocynaceae	[ITIS TSN 30124]

Scientific name(s)	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R. Br. ex Schult.	[ITIS TSN 506007]
	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult.	[GRIN-Global Nomen 103257]
	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult.	[PLANTS Symbol ]
	Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult.	[DPNL 2003]

Description

Gymnema sylvestre is a perennial woody vine that grows in tropical areas of India, Africa, and Australia and has been used for medicinal purposes in Ayurvedic medicine. Common names include gymnema, Australian cowplant, and Periploca of the woods, and the Hindi term gurmar which means "sugar destroyer." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnema_sylvestre]

A. PRODUCT TYPE

ALGAE, BACTERIA OR FUNGUS USED AS FOOD SOURCE

ANIMAL USED AS FOOD SOURCE

CHEMICAL FOOD SOURCE

FOOD SOURCE NOT KNOWN

LIQUID AS FOOD SOURCE

PLANT USED AS FOOD SOURCE

FRUIT-PRODUCING PLANT

GRAIN OR SEED-PRODUCING PLANT

PLANT ACCORDING TO FAMILY

PLANT FOR MEDICINAL USE

ALPINE LADY'S MANTLE

BLESSED THISTLE

BURNET-SAXIFRAGE

COMMON FUMITORY

COMMON HEDGENETTLE

COMMON SPEEDWELL

COMMON TOADFLAX

DOWNY HEMP-NETTLE

EUROPEAN CENTAURY

EUROPEAN GOLDENROD

FILED HORSETAIL

FORKING LARKSPUR

GOLDEN SHOWER TREE

GREATER BURNET-SAXIFRAGE

GREATER PLANTAIN

HAIRY RUPTUREWORT

LEICHHARDT TREE

MIRACLE FRUIT

MOLDAVIAN DRAGONHEAD

NORTHERN BEANTREE

PINK TRUMPET-TREE

POD OR SEED VEGETABLE, POISONOUS CULTIVARS

PROSTRATE KNOTWEED

PURPLE CONEFLOWER

ROSEROOT STONECROP

SANDY EVERLASTING

SENECA SNAKEROOT

SMOOTH RUPTUREWORT

YELLOW BEDSTRAW

PLANT USED AS FODDER

PLANT USED FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

PLANT USED FOR PRODUCING EXTRACT OR CONCENTRATE

SPICE OR FLAVOR-PRODUCING PLANT

ANGOSTURA (TREE)

AZTEC SWEETHERB

BEEFSTEAK PLANT

BITTERSWEET, EUROPEAN

CHAMELEON-PLANT

EVENING PRIMROSE

INDIAN LONG PEPPER

LESSER CALAMINT

MARJORAM, SWEET

NEVADA JOINTFIR

OREGANO, MEXICAN

OREGANO, SYRIAN

PEPPER, BLACK OR WHITE

PEPPER, GREEN OR RED

QUEENSLAND NUTMEG

RICE PADDY HERB

SWEET OSMANTHUS

VIETNAMESE CORIANDER

WEST AFRICAN PEPPER

VEGETABLE-PRODUCING PLANT

C. PART OF PLANT OR ANIMAL

E. PHYSICAL STATE, SHAPE OR FORM

F. EXTENT OF HEAT TREATMENT

G. COOKING METHOD

H. TREATMENT APPLIED

J. PRESERVATION METHOD

K. PACKING MEDIUM

M. CONTAINER OR WRAPPING

N. FOOD CONTACT SURFACE

P. CONSUMER GROUP/DIETARY USE/LABEL CLAIM

R. GEOGRAPHIC PLACES AND REGIONS

Z. ADJUNCT CHARACTERISTICS OF FOOD

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