Plant Details

Accepted name:: Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aparaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aparacitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arikanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arikkanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arptom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bettelkraut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue haze	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cakkaratapacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakkaratapam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankuputpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiyaya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
corre corre	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
cotiyoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dighuruwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
doa-lqere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dwarf morning glory	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dwarf-morning-glory	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
english speedwheel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra vishnukaraantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakarantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannutaimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaqm	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kerutapati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kha lsa pus syi (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khunkhunejhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
krsnakranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusu kusu	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kyauk-hkwe-pin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
laghuvishnukranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayavanvintu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
molemowanonyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muyaya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nalla vishnukaraantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nil vishnukranthi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nilapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilasankhapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nili shankapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ottu kodal thalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paracitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phooli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potakiranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potakiranticceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puranacuranacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sa nkha pu spa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samkvel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankapushpi	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
sankha pushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhaholi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhahuli	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
sankhapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhpushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
sankhpuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shankavall	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankaveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shankha vaelu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhaahuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shankhapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shankhavali	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
shankhavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhpush	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
shankhpushpi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shivakrandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shnkhahuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shyamakranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
slender dwarf morning-glory	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
speedwell	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
syamakranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tropical speedwell	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
tropical-speedwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uthuko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vaishnava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
villakkiranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virucaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virucakakkaranataicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnaclanda	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
vishnaclandi	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
vishnu kanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnu karande	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnu kiranthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnu kraanthi soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnu kranthi	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
vishnu-kranta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vishnu-kranthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnugandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnugandi	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
vishnukanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukarandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukaranthai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukirantei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukraantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukraathamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukrandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vishnukranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukrantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukranthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
vishunu gandhi soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnu kranthi	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
visnukirandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnukiranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnukkiranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnuklanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnukranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnukrantamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnukranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vistnu-clandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vittunu kiraanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vittunukanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vittunukkiranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vittunumuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild evolvulus	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
නිල් විෂ්ණුක්‍රාන්ති	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
土丁桂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Leaf, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaves, flower		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 72 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens (R.Br.) Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 38 (1934).
Evolvulus decumbens R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 489 (1810).
Breweria alsinoides (L.) Merr. Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 46 (1917).
Convolvulus alsinoides L. Sp. Pl.: 157 (1753).
Convolvulus fugacissimus Hochst. ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 449 (1845), pro syn.
Convolvulus linifolius L. Cent. Pl. II: 10 (1756).
Convolvulus valerianoides Blanco Fl. Filip.: 90 (1837).
Evolvulus acapulcensis Willd. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 199 (1820).
Evolvulus adscendens House Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 317 (1906).
Evolvulus albiflorus M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 259 (1845).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. acapulcensis (Willd. ex Schult.) Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 34 (1934).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. adscendens (House) Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 32 (1934).
Evolvulus alsinoides f. albiflorus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 217 (1898).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. angustifolius Torr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 150 (1859).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. argenteus (R.Br.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 542 (1928), nom. illeg.
Evolvulus alsinoides var. choisyanus Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 343 (1869).
Evolvulus alsinoides f. coeruleus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 217 (1898).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. debilis (Kunth) Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 33 (1934).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. erectus Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 94 (1867).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. glaber Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(2): 79 (1904).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. grisebachianus Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 344 (1869).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. hirsutus (Lam.) Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 29 (1934).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. hirticaulis Torr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 150 (1859).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. incanus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 217 (1898).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. javanicus (Blume) Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 39 (1934).
Evolvulus alsinoides f. lactiflorus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 217 (1898).
Evolvulus alsinoides f. lactiflorus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 217 (1898).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. linifolius (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 441 (1891).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. linnaeanus Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 343 (1869), not validly publ.
Evolvulus alsinoides var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 440 (1891), not validly publ.
Evolvulus alsinoides var. philippinensis Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 30 (1934).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. procumbens Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 94 (1867).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. rotundifolius Hayata ex Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 31 (1934), nom. illeg.
Evolvulus alsinoides f. rotundifolius Yamam. Icon. Pl. Formosan., Suppl. 1: 40 (1925).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. sericeus Benth. Fl. Austral. 4: 438 (1868).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. thymoides Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 42 (1899).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. typicus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 541 (1928), not validly publ.
Evolvulus alsinoides var. villosicalyx Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 39 (1934).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. villosissimus Fenzl ex Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 86 (1893).
Evolvulus alsinoides f. viridis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 441 (1891).
Evolvulus alsinoides var. wallichii Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 37 (1934).
Evolvulus angustifolius Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 107 (1832).
Evolvulus argenteus R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 489 (1810).
Evolvulus azureus Vahl ex Schumach. & Thonn. in H.C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 166 (1827).
Evolvulus boninensis F.Maek. & Tuyama Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 571 (1938).
Evolvulus chinensis Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 8: 77 (1837).
Evolvulus debilis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 115 (1819).
Evolvulus diffusus Chapm. Fl. South. U.S.: 345 (1860).
Evolvulus filiformis Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 620 (1840), pro syn.
Evolvulus fugacissimus Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 75 (1850).
Evolvulus gracillimus Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 629 (1857).
Evolvulus heterophyllus Labill. Sert. Austro-Caledon.: 24 (1824).
Evolvulus hirsutulus Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 8: 76 (1837), pro syn.
Evolvulus hirsutus Lam. Encycl. 3: 538 (1792).
Evolvulus javanicus Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 724 (1826).
Evolvulus lanceifolius Span. Linnaea 15: 341 (1841), nom. nud.
Evolvulus linifolius (L.) L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 392 (1762).
Evolvulus linifolius var. grandiflorus Bolle Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 55 (1861).
Evolvulus microphyllus M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 257 (1845).
Evolvulus modestus Hance in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 116 (1852), pro syn.
Evolvulus natalensis Sond. Linnaea 23: 80 (1850).
Evolvulus pilosissimus M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 257 (1845).
Evolvulus procumbens Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 10: 238 (1860).
Evolvulus pseudoincanus Span. Linnaea 15: 341 (1841), nom. nud.
Evolvulus pudicus Hance in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 115 (1852).
Evolvulus pumilus Span. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 348 (1835), nom. nud.
Evolvulus ramiflorus Bojer ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 447 (1845).
Evolvulus ramulosus M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 15: 149 (1929).
Evolvulus sinicus Miq. J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 112 (1861).
Evolvulus tenuis subsp. yucatanensis Ooststr. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 14: 64 (1934).
Evolvulus villosus R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 489 (1810), nom. illeg.
Evolvulus yemensis Deflers Voyage Yemen: 175 (1889).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Evolvnlus alsinoides L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Evolvulus alsinoides	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. var. decumbens (R. Br.) Ooststr.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. var. decumbens (R.Br.) Ooststr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Evolvulus alsinoides (Linn)	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Evolvulus alsinoides (Linn.) Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Evolvulus alsinoides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Evolvulus alsinoides L.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Evolvulus alsinoides L. decumbens (R.Br.)Ooststr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Evolvulus alsinoides Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens (R.Br.)Ooststr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Evolvulus alsynoides L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Evolvulus decumbens R.Br.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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