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Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 392. 1762, var. alsinoides; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 220. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 922(648). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 188. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 270. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 242. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 299. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 260. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 470. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 313. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 232. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 306. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 444. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 264. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 210. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 206. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 470. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 467. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 556. 2009.
Convolvulus alsinoides L., Sp. Pl. 157. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chumadukodi, Krishnakranti, Sivakranthi, Thalavalathi, Vishnukranthi
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Description:
Small prostrate much brnached villous herbs; branches radiating from rootstock. Leaves more or less distinctly in 2 rows, 6-12 x 4-7 mm, broadly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded or acute, apex subacute, adpressed pilose on both sides; petiole to 2 mm long. Flowers solitary or paired, at axils; pedicels to 5 mm long, silky hairy; bracts linear, c. 1 mm long. Calyx lobes 2-3 mm long, lanceolate, silky hairy. Corolla c. 1 cm across, rotate, subentire, blue. Ovules 2 in each cell; styles 2, each longitudinally 2-fid. Capsule 1.5-2 mm across, globose, 2-valved. Seeds usually 4, minute.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-August
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Alampetty, Chinnar, Thannikkudy, Thekkady, Parambikulam, Kuchimudi, Cannanore, Bekal, Tellicherry, Kasaragod, Vandanam, Kanjikuzhi, Arikode, Ariankavu, Shenkottah, Kottur
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