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Evolvulus alsinoides - Vishnukanti
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
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
Language | Common name |
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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 |
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
Identification
Leaf
Kind | Shape | Feature |
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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. |
Flower
Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
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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
Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A capsule | 1.5-2 mm across | globose, 2-valved | Seeds usually 4, minute. | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Season to grow
Soil type
Propagation
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
External Links
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