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'''Vishnukranti''' is a tiny prostrate spreading herb with silky hairy leaves and bright blue flowers. It can be found throughout India in gravelly and grassy places.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Imsomnia}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Improves memory}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=vishnukranti, shankhapushpi|ml=krsnakranti, vishnukranthi|sa=shankhapushpi, nilapushpi, sankhaholi, vishnukranti|ta=paracitam, potakiranti, potakiranticceti, villakkiranti, vishnukranti|te=vishnukraantha, visnukrantamu|hi=sankhpushpi, shankaveli, visnukranta|en=}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves more or less distinctly in 2 rows, 6-12 x 4-7 mm, broadly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded or acute, apex subacute, adpressed pilose on both sides; petiole to 2 mm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Solitary or paired at axils|Blue|10| pedicels to 5 mm long, silky hairy; bracts linear, c. 1 mm long. Calyx lobes 2-3 mm long, lanceolate, silky hairy. Corolla c. 1 cm across, rotate, subentire, blue. Ovules 2 in each cell; styles 2, each longitudinally 2-fid.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|1.5-2 mm across|globose, 2-valved|Seeds usually 4, minute.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Dwarf Morning-glory (Evolvulus alsinoides) in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8527.jpg
File:Evolvulus alsinoides 1DS-II 3-3470.jpg
File:Evolvulus alsinoides habit.jpg
File:Dwarf Morning-glory (Evolvulus alsinoides) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9508.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/09/12/vishnukranthi-evolvulus-alsinoides-remedies/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Evolvulus+alsinoides
* https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Evolvulus-Alsinoides-Cid618
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Herb]]
'''Vishnukranti''' is a tiny prostrate spreading herb with silky hairy leaves and bright blue flowers. It can be found throughout India in gravelly and grassy places.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Imsomnia}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Improves memory}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=vishnukranti, shankhapushpi|ml=krsnakranti, vishnukranthi|sa=shankhapushpi, nilapushpi, sankhaholi, vishnukranti|ta=paracitam, potakiranti, potakiranticceti, villakkiranti, vishnukranti|te=vishnukraantha, visnukrantamu|hi=sankhpushpi, shankaveli, visnukranta|en=}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves more or less distinctly in 2 rows, 6-12 x 4-7 mm, broadly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded or acute, apex subacute, adpressed pilose on both sides; petiole to 2 mm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Solitary or paired at axils|Blue|10| pedicels to 5 mm long, silky hairy; bracts linear, c. 1 mm long. Calyx lobes 2-3 mm long, lanceolate, silky hairy. Corolla c. 1 cm across, rotate, subentire, blue. Ovules 2 in each cell; styles 2, each longitudinally 2-fid.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|1.5-2 mm across|globose, 2-valved|Seeds usually 4, minute.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Dwarf Morning-glory (Evolvulus alsinoides) in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8527.jpg
File:Evolvulus alsinoides 1DS-II 3-3470.jpg
File:Evolvulus alsinoides habit.jpg
File:Dwarf Morning-glory (Evolvulus alsinoides) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9508.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/09/12/vishnukranthi-evolvulus-alsinoides-remedies/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Evolvulus+alsinoides
* https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Evolvulus-Alsinoides-Cid618
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Herb]]
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