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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

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

[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. 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

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

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References

External Links