• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (Morning-Glory Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Volvulopsis nummularium (L.) Roberty
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L.
• Common name : Agracejo Glory, Agracejo Rastrero
• Vernacular name : Chitti elukachevi-aku (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Forest plantations and degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : An introduced species.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Krishna district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Telangana : Khammam district
  • Karnataka : Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Puri district, Kalhandi district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Salem district, Dharmapuri district
• Native : Tropical America
• World Distribution : New World tropics, Madagascar, naturalized in Africa and Indo-Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Evolvulus nummularius. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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