Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Basionym : Evolvulus decumbens R. Br.
  • Synonym(s) : Breweria alsinoides (L.) Merr.; Convolvulus alsinoides L.; Evolvulus alsinoides var. linnaeanus Meisn.; Evolvulus alsinoides var. normalis Kuntze; Evolvulus alsinoides var. typicus Domin; Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens (R.Br.) Ooststr.; Evolvulus alsinoides var. hirsutus (Lam.) Ooststr.; Convolvulus fugacissimus Hochst. ex Choisy; Convolvulus linifolius L.; Convolvulus valerianoides Blanco; Evolvulus acapulcensis Willd. ex Schult.; Evolvulus adscendens House; Evolvulus albiflorus M.Martens & Galeotti; Evolvulus alsinoides var. acapulcensis (Willd. ex Schult.) Ooststr.; Evolvulus alsinoides var. adscendens (House) Ooststr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.
  • Common name : Little Glory
  • Vernacular name :
    • Syamakrantha, Visnukrantha, Sankhapuspi (Hindi)
    • Vishnu kranthi (Kannada)
    • Vishnukiranthi (Tamil)
    • Vishnukrantham (Telugu)
    • Krishna ankaranthi, Bichhamalia (Oria)
    • Visnukrantah (Sanskrit)
    • Vishnu-Kranta (Marathi)
    • Chumadukodi, Krishnakranti, Sivakranthi, Thalavalathi, Vishnukranthi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, Scrub, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : On plains to 1500m on the floors of scrub jungles and in poor soil, on bare exposed slopes.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- November
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Thrissur district, Pathanamthitta district, All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Puducherry : Ousteri Lake
  • Native : Afghanistan, Alabama, Aldabra, Angola, Arizona, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Co
  • World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropical regions of both hemispheres
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • 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
    • 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
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic flora of Mysore district
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Evolvulus alsinoides. Downloaded on 13 June 2024.

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