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Evolvulus alsinoides

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Evolvulus alsinoides, commonly known as dwarf morning glory and slender dwarf morning glory, is a flowering plant from the family Convolvulaceae. In Indian ayurveda, it is commonly known as Visnukranta, Vishnukranti or Shankhavel. It has a natural pantropical distribution encompassing tropical and warm-temperate regions of Australasia, Indomalaya, Polynesia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas.[2]

Clade:Embryophytes
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
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Evolvulus alsinoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Evolvulus
Species:
E. alsinoides
Binomial name
Evolvulus alsinoides
(L,) L.[1]
Synonyms[1]
72 synonyms
  • Breweria alsinoides (L.) Merr.
  • Convolvulus alsinoides L.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. linnaeanus Meisn.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. normalis Kuntze
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. typicus Domin
  • Convolvulus fugacissimus Hochst. ex Choisy
  • Convolvulus linifolius L.
  • Convolvulus valerianoides Blanco
  • Evolvulus acapulcensis Willd. ex Schult.
  • Evolvulus adscendens House
  • Evolvulus albiflorus M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. acapulcensis (Willd. ex Schult.) Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. adscendens (House) Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides f. albiflorus Kuntze
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. angustifolius Torr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. argenteus (R.Br.) Domin
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. choisyanus Meisn.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides f. coeruleus Kuntze
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. debilis (Kunth) Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens (R.Br.) Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. erectus Schweinf.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. glaber Baker
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. grisebachianus Meisn.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. hirsutus (Lam.) Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. hirticaulis Torr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. incanus Kuntze
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. javanicus (Blume) Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides f. lactiflorus Kuntze
  • Evolvulus alsinoides f. lactiflorus Kuntze
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. linifolius (L.) Kuntze
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. philippinensis Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. procumbens Schweinf.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides f. rotundifolius Yamam.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. rotundifolius Hayata ex Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. sericeus Benth.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. thymoides Hallier f.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. villosicalyx Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. villosissimus Fenzl ex Hallier f.
  • Evolvulus alsinoides f. viridis Kuntze
  • Evolvulus alsinoides var. wallichii Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus angustifolius Roxb.
  • Evolvulus argenteus R.Br.
  • Evolvulus azureus Vahl ex Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Evolvulus boninensis F.Maek. & Tuyama
  • Evolvulus chinensis Choisy
  • Evolvulus debilis Kunth
  • Evolvulus decumbens R.Br.
  • Evolvulus diffusus Chapm.
  • Evolvulus filiformis Willd. ex Steud.
  • Evolvulus fugacissimus Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Evolvulus gracillimus Miq.
  • Evolvulus heterophyllus Labill.
  • Evolvulus hirsutulus Choisy
  • Evolvulus hirsutus Lam.
  • Evolvulus javanicus Blume
  • Evolvulus lanceifolius Span.
  • Evolvulus linifolius (L.) L.
  • Evolvulus linifolius var. grandiflorus Bolle
  • Evolvulus microphyllus M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Evolvulus modestus Hance
  • Evolvulus natalensis Sond.
  • Evolvulus pilosissimus M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Evolvulus procumbens Montrouz.
  • Evolvulus pseudoincanus Span.
  • Evolvulus pudicus Hance
  • Evolvulus pumilus Span.
  • Evolvulus ramiflorus Bojer ex Choisy
  • Evolvulus ramulosus M.E.Jones
  • Evolvulus sinicus Miq.
  • Evolvulus tenuis subsp. yucatanensis Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus villosus R.Br.
  • Evolvulus yemensis Deflers
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It was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus as Convolvulus alsinoides.[3][4] In 1762, he transferred it to the new genus, Evolvulus.[3][5]

Description

Flower detail

It is a herbaceous plant, annual or perennial with numerous prostrate or ascending stems, slender, with appressed and spreading hairs. The leaves, petiolate or subsessile, are 0.7 to 2.5 cm long and 5 to 10 mm long.

The flowers are isolated or grouped in pauciflorous cymes, borne by filiform peduncles, 2.5 to 3.5 cm long. The calyx is formed by villous, lanceolate sepals 3 to 4 mm long. The rounded corolla, with pentameric symmetry, blue in color, rarely white, is 7 to 10 mm in diameter. The stamens, with filiform filaments, are united at the base of the corolla tube. The ovary, glabrous, is surmounted by two free styles. The fruit is a globular capsule, with four valves, generally containing four seeds that are black and smooth.

Habitat

The species inhabits a wide range of habitats, from marshland and wet forests to deserts. A number of varieties and subspecies are recognised. It is one of the plants included in Dasapushpam, the ten sacred flowers of Kerala.[citation needed]

Chemistry

This herb is used in traditional medicine of East Asia for its purported psychotropic and nootropic properties,[6] although such claims are not medically verified.

Chemical compounds isolated from E. alsinoides include scopoletin, umbelliferone, scopolin, and 2-methyl-1,2,3,4-butanetetrol.[7]

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