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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.
 
'''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==
{{Uses|Insomnia}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Improves memory}}
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{{Uses|Insomnia}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Improves memory}}<ref name="Uses"/>
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==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}
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{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Hole Palnt}}.
  
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Chemical Composition==
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===Flower===
 
===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.}}
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{{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. Flowering from April to December}}
  
 
===Fruit===
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|1.5-2 mm across|Globose, 2-valved|Seeds usually 4, minute.|}}
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{{Fruit|A capsule|1.5-2 mm across|Globose, 2-valved|Seeds usually 4, minute.|Fruiting from April to December}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
  
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==Where to get the saplings==
  
==Where to get the saplings==
 
 
==Mode of Propagation==
 
==Mode of Propagation==
 
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
 
{{Propagation|Seeds}}

Revision as of 14:52, 30 March 2022

Vishnukranti, Evolvulus alsinoides

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

Insomnia, Bleeding disorders, Improves memory[1]

Parts Used

Root, Hole Palnt.

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Vishnukranti, Shankhapushpi
Hindi Sankhpushpi, Shankaveli, Visnukranta
Malayalam Krsnakranti, Vishnukranthi
Tamil Paracitam, Potakiranti, Potakiranticceti, Villakkiranti, Vishnukranti
Telugu Vishnukraantha, Visnukrantamu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Shankhapushpi, Nilapushpi, Sankhaholi, Vishnukranti
English Dwarf morning glory

[2]

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

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
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.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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. Flowering from April to December

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A capsule 1.5-2 mm across Globose, 2-valved Seeds usually 4, minute. Fruiting from April to December {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

The seed have a hard seed coat, for the removal of hard seed coat; the seeds are subjected to mechanical scarification which gives 80% germination. 190 gm seeds are required for planting one hectare area. [4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

Photo Gallery

References

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