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The polyphenolic compounds naturally present in the leaves act as reducing agents for Ag ions. This environmentally friendly approach eliminates the need of toxic chemicals, external reducing or stabilizing agents, complex instrumentation and specialized technical expertise for a safe, cost-effective and sustainable method for AgNP synthesis in 15 min. The as-synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and UV\u2013Vis, Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy. It was observed that the nanoparticles are spherical in shape with an average diameter of 20 nm and have a highly stable zeta potential value of \u201328.3 mV. The phytochemicals present in the leaf extract were identified by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. 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