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Evolvulus nummularius
Also called Dwarf Morning Glory, Money Wort Evolvulus
Evolvulus nummularius, also known as the dwarf morning glory, is a species of flowering plant in the morning-glory family. It is an annual or perennial plant.
The plant is distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics, extending across large parts of tropical Africa, South Africa, and Madagascar. It is considered a naturalized alien plant in Taiwan and the Tiwi Islands of Australia.
The plant is used as a mild sedative and has anthelmintic properties. In Indian traditional medicines it is used for treating burns, cuts, wounds, scorpion stings, and as an anthelmintic. Phytochemical investigations of the aerial parts of E. nummularius have identified several bioactive constituents such as β-sitosterol, glucoside, stigmasterol, d-mannitol, ursolic acid, and oleanolic acid. In addition, three previously unreported compounds were isolated and structurally elucidated using spectroscopic and chemical methods, comprising derivatives of stigmastane, coumaroyl, and ursane.
Slender dwarf morning-glory · Brazilian dwarf morning-glory · Grisebach's dwarf morning-glory · Shaggy dwarf morning-glory · Dwarf morning-glory
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Evolvulus nummularius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
