• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
• Species : Evolvulus nummularius
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L.
• Common name : Agracejo Glory
• Vernacular name : Chitti elukachevi-aku (Tel.)
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : July-February
• Native : Neotropics
• Comments : An introduced species. Common in moist places, wastelands and roadsides.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Khammam district (Telangana State); Anantagiri Hills, Simhachalam Hills, Araku Valley (Visakhapatnam district), Krishna district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Thirumalaysapalem R.F. (East Godavari district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Vandalur R.F. (Kanchipuram district, former Chengalpattu district), Dharmapuri district (Tamil Nadu State); Kalahandi district, Puri district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : New World tropics, tropical Africa, Madagascar; naturalized in India and Nepal
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.1. Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Evolvulus nummularius. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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