Gymnema lactiferum

Ceylon cow-tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Gymnema
Species:	G. lactiferum
Binomial name
Gymnema lactiferum

Gymnema lactiferum (Ceylon cow-tree, Ceylon cow plant), is a species of climbing perennial shrub native to the East Indian Archipelago.^[1] In Sanskrit it is called ksirakakoli. James Emerson Tennent described the use of the plant in his account of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and wrote it was "evidently a form of the G. sylvestre".^[2] The milky juice of this plant has been said to be used as a substitute for milk and cream, but it is believed to contain enough of the poisonous principle peculiar to the order to cast a doubt upon this reputed use.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b}  "Gymnema". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. 
2. ^ http://lakdiva.org/tennent/v1_p1_c03.html#_ftn34

External links

•  "Cow plant". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. 

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