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Accepted name:

Convolvulus prostratus Forssk. [Convolvulaceae]

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bilikantisoppu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kakattam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kakkanangudi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karakhuratt	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ksirapuspi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sanghupushpam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sankahvah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhahuli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sankhakusuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhapuspa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhapuspi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhpushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhupuspam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
santar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
santari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankapushpi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
shankapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhapushpi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shankhauli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shankhavali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shankhavela	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
śaṅkhapuṣpī (whole plant)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
śaṅkhpuṣpā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
śaṅkhāhvā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole Plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
whole plant	whole plant	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Flower, Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Convolvulus microphyllus Sieber ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 611 (1824).
Convolvulus pluricaulis Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 477 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 95]
Convolvulus austroaegyptiacus Abdallah & Sa'ad Acta Bot. Neerl. 15: 190 (1966).
Convolvulus austroaegyptiacus var. cancerianus (Abdallah & Sa'ad) Alfarhan Fl. Kingdom Saudi Arabia 2(2): 166 (2001).
Convolvulus cancerianus Abdallah & Sa'ad Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 281: 176 (1967).
Convolvulus deserti Hochst. & Steud. ex Baker & Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 62 (1905).
Convolvulus evolvuloides Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 25 (1846), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus heterotrichus Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 159 (1935).
Convolvulus microphyllus var. boissieri C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 218 (1883).
Convolvulus microphyllus var. heterotrichus (Maire) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 27: 251 (1936).
Convolvulus microphyllus var. longipes Maire Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 2: 535 (1930).
Convolvulus microphyllus var. macra (C.B.Clarke) S.K.Sharma & Tiagi Fl. N.E. Rajasthan: 262 (1979).
Convolvulus microphyllus var. orreanus (Murb.) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 27: 251 (1936).
Convolvulus parvifolius Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 611 (1824).
Convolvulus pilosellifolius var. orreanus Murb. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 27: 251 (1936).
Convolvulus pluricaulis var. macra C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 218 (1883).
Convolvulus prostratus var. boissieri (C.B.Clarke) Parmar J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18: 251 (1994).
Convolvulus prostratus var. deserti (Hochst. & Steud.) Parmar J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18: 251 (1994).
Convolvulus scindicus Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 3: 123 (1856), nom. illeg.
Evolvulus pilosus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 106 (1832).
Ipomoea microphylla Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 248 (1819).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Convolvulus microphyllus Sieb. ex Spreng.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Convolvulus microphyllus Sieb.ex Spreng.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Convolvulus microphyllus Sieber ex Spreng.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Convolvulus pluricaulis Choisy	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Convolvulus prostratus Forssk.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Convolvulus prostratus Forsskal	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

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