Gymnema sylvestre, a herb species native to the tropical forests of southern and central India
However, its anti-sweet activity is less effective than gymnemic acid 1, another anti-sweet compound glycoside isolated from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre (Asclepiadaceae).
Gymnema sylvestre | Sylvestre François Lacroix | Sylvestre Ratanga | Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne | Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état | Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel | G. sylvestre | Carlos Sylvestre Begnis |
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".