Biology:Evolvulus alsinoides
| Evolvulus alsinoides | |
|---|---|
_in_Hyderabad_W_IMG_7978.jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Evolvulus |
| Species: | E. alsinoides
|
| Binomial name | |
| Evolvulus alsinoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
72 synonyms
| |
Evolvulus alsinoides, commonly known as dwarf morning glory and slender dwarf morning glory, is a flowering plant from the family Convolvulaceae. In Indian ayurveda, it is commonly known as Visnukranta or Shankhavel. It has a natural pantropical distribution encompassing tropical and warm-temperate regions of Australasia, Indomalaya, Polynesia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas.[2]
It was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus as Convolvulus alsinoides.[3][4] In 1762, he transferred it to the new genus, Evolvulus.[3][5]
Description
_in_Hyderabad_W2_IMG_7976.jpg)
It is a herbaceous plant, annual or perennial with numerous prostrate or ascending stems, slender, with appressed and spreading hairs. The leaves, petiolate or subsessile, are 0.7 to 2.5 cm long and 5 to 10 mm long.
The flowers are isolated or grouped in pauciflorous cymes, borne by filiform peduncles, 2.5 to 3.5 cm long. The calyx is formed by villous, lanceolate sepals 3 to 4 mm long. The rounded corolla, with pentameric symmetry, blue in color, rarely white, is 7 to 10 mm in diameter. The stamens, with filiform filaments, are united at the base of the corolla tube. The ovary, glabrous, is surmounted by two free styles. The fruit is a globular capsule, with four valves, generally containing four seeds that are black and smooth.
Habitat
Chemistry
This herb is used in traditional medicine of East Asia for its purported psychotropic and nootropic properties,[6] although such claims are not medically verified.
Chemical compounds isolated from E. alsinoides include scopoletin, umbelliferone, scopolin, and 2-methyl-1,2,3,4-butanetetrol.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267957-1.
- ↑ "Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.". http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Evolvulus+alsinoides&btxt=microscope&burl=http://microscope.mbl.edu. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Evolvolus alsinoides". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/87247.
- ↑ Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753). "Petnandria Monogynia". Species Plantarum 1: 157. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26068128.
- ↑ Linnaeus, C. (1762), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 1: 392
- ↑ Amritpal Singh (2008). "Review of Ethnomedicinal Uses and Pharmacology of Evolvulus alsinoides Linn". Ethnobotanical Leaflets 12: 734–740. http://www.ethnoleaflets.com/leaflets/evolvulu.htm.
- ↑ "Evaluation of natural substances from Evolvulus alsinoides L. with the purpose of determining their antioxidant potency". J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 23 (4): 574–578. 2008. doi:10.1080/14756360701674421. PMID 18666003.
External links
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M.; Zizka, G. (2014). "Evolvulus alsinoides". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. https://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Evolvulus+alsinoides&filterRegionIDs%5B%5D=6&filterRegionIDs%5B%5D=1&filterRegionIDs%5B%5D=2&filterRegionIDs%5B%5D=3&filterRegionIDs%5B%5D=5.
Wikidata ☰ Q10927597 entry
 |  |
