| Latin name | Evolvulus alsinoides L. | | Family | Convolvulaceae | | Identified with (Skt) | viṣṇukrāntā | | Identified with (Hin) | śyāmākrāntā, viṣṇukrāntā | | Identified with (Tam) | viṣṇukkirānti | | Identified with (Mal) | viṣṇukkṛānti, kṛṣṇakṛānti, viṣṇukḷānti | | Botanical info | A small, hairy, procumbent perennial herb, growing throughout India up to 1800 m, leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, strongly apiculate, with silky hairs, flowers light blue, fruits globose 4-valved drooping capsules | | Search occurrence | viṣṇukrāntā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Evolvulus alsinoides L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 999)
viṣṇukrānta, mf(ā)n. bestridden by Vishṇu, TĀr.; m. a kind of measure, Saṃgīt.; (ā), f. N. of various plants (accord. to, L. Clitoria Ternatea; Evolvulus Alsinoides; a kind of dark Śaṅkha-pushpī), Pañcar., ŚārṅgS. &c. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3741)
viṣṇukkirānti: A medicinal plant
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