Gynostemma

Gynostemma pentaphyllum

(Thunb.) Makino Species

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Botanical name
Gynostemma pentaphyllum
Also known as
Gynostemma
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Gynostemma
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Gynostemma

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Gynostemma pentaphyllum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Alsomitra cissoides Alsomitra laxa Enkylia digyna Enkylia trigyna Gynostemma blumei Gynostemma cissoides Gynostemma crenulatum Gynostemma laxum Gynostemma pedatum Gynostemma pedatum var. hupehense Gynostemma pedatum var. trifoliatum Gynostemma pentaphyllum f. dasycarpum Gynostemma pentaphyllum f. fasciculare Gynostemma pentaphyllum f. grandiflorum Gynostemma pentaphyllum f. knemandrum Gynostemma pentaphyllum f. pubescens Gynostemma pentaphyllum f. simplicifolium Gynostemma pentaphyllum var. dasycarpum Gynostemma pentaphyllum var. pentaphyllum Gynostemma siamicum Gynostemma simplicifolium Gynostemma trigynum Gynostemma wightianum Pestalozzia laxa Pestalozzia pedata Vitis martini Vitis pentaphylla Vitis pentaphylla Vitis quelpaertensis Zanonia cissoides Zanonia laxa Zanonia pedata Zanonia wightiana

Others in Gynostemma

Gynostemma aggregatum
Gynostemma burmanicum
Gynostemma intermedium
Gynostemma microsperma
Gynostemma burmanicum var. molle
Gynostemma cardiosperma
Gynostemma caulopterum
Gynostemma compressum

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