Salacia reticulata

Salacia reticulata is a flowering plant of the genus Salacia native to Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, and India. As a liana, it grows and climbs among branches in wet tropical forests. In some countries, S. reticulata extracts are used in foods or as dietary supplements in the unproven belief they may be therapies for diabetes or obesity. Although its extracts are used in Indian traditional medicine with the intent to treat diabetes, obesity or other diseases, there is no good clinical evidence that such extracts are effective or safe as a therapy for any disease....read more on Wikipedia.