Species	Gymnema sylvestre ( Retz. ) R. Br. ex. R. & S.
Synonyms	Periploca sylvestris Retz.
Family	Asclepiadaceae
Vernacular Name	Aphu-mari, Gudmar, Kavali, Mesha-shringi, Bedakicha pala, Bedaki, Gulnashi, Sadevel, Vakundi, Pitani, Kadikoderi
Trade Name	Gudmar
Taxonomic status	Species
Habit	Climber
Forest Type Microhabitat	Evergreen, Semi-evergreen, Moist (hedges) & Dry deciduous (thickets), Open scrub Undergrowth
Original Global distribution	Paleotropical
Regional distribution (Maharashtra)	Throughout Maharashtra
Elevation	0 – 1400 meters
Extent of Occurrence (EOO)	>20,000 km^2
Area of Occupancy (AOO)	>2000 km^2
No. of locations	>10
Generation time	15years
Population trends - % decline	<30 %
Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation)	3 generations
Population distribution	Fragmented
Data Quality	General field studies & Literature
Recent field studies	BSI District survey
Threats	H – Harvest, Ov – Over exploitation, Hm – Harvest for medicine, I – Human interference, T – Trade for medicine
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Status: IUCN	NT – Near Threatened
Criteria based on	Not applicable
CITES	No
Presence in Protected Areas	Yes
Research Recommendations	Lh – Life history studies, H – Husbandry research M – Monitoring to determine population information O – Pharmacognosical studies
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Cultivation Recommendations Level of difficulty	Level 1 Moderately difficult
Sources	Flora of Ahemadnagar, S.G.Pradhan & Singh Flora of Mahabaleshwar, S.Deshpande et al Flora of Sindhudurg, B.G. Kulkarni Flora of Raigad, M. J. Kothari and S. Moorthy Flora of Buldhana, P.G. Diwakar & B.D. Sharma Flora of Maharashtra state Monocotyledones, N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan, Flora of Bombay Presidency, Cooke Tropical Indian Medicinal Plants, Sumy, Ved & Krishnan
Compilers	Bhogaonkar P., Bhuskute S., Das Das, Diwakar P., Giri R., Karant M., Khandwai G., Kulkarni M., Lakshminarasimhan P., Padhye M., Patwardhan A., Rao K., Tiwari V., Vivarekar N.