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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Nil Vishnukranthi/Evolvulus alsinoides


Botanical name:-Evolvulus alsinoides
Family name:-CONVOLVULACEAE

Names in different languages:
    English :- Dwarf Morning Glory, Slender Dwarf Morning Glory.
    Sinhala :-Nil Vishnukranthi
    Tamil :- Vishnukranthi
Description;-A small perennial herb having a woody root stock from where the branches arise. Leaves –simple, alternate, elliptic-oblong. Stem and leaves are clothed with small hairs; flowers bluish in color, seen in pairs or sometimes solitary.
Distribution :-Australasia, Indomalaya, Polynesia, Sub-Saharan Africa,Americas
Status:-Native
Edibal parts:-None
Ayurvedic usage:-
Treatment for:- Dysentery, Asthma, Nervous system debility, Bronchitis, Memory loss, Scrofula, Syphilis. 

Parts used to make medicine:-Whole Plant
Propergation:-Seeds


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Evolvulus alsinoides/Nil Vishnukranthi