After Long.... Finally, the antibacterial values of a New plant [Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr.] was published in Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology.
Such plant species can be used as a traditional medicines.
Here, the new distributional record was done for this valuable and Lesser Known Cucurbit from Eastern Ghats of India. In India, this genus is represented by three species, and none of them were reported from Odisha till 2012.Under this genus G. cochinchinensis (Lour.) was reported for the first time by Mandal et al. from Similipal Biosphere Reserve making the first generic record of this family in Odisha, India. Later another species, G. chinense was also reported by Pradeep et al from Dhenkanal district of Odisha, India in the mainland and recently the same species is found by the authors in coastal areas making its adaptability to variable climate and environment.
