Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Evolvulus alsinoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Evolvulus alsinoides is a very variable, perennial plant with slender, more or less branched stems that can become somewhat woody. A number of stems 12 - 70cm long are produced from the deep root system, different plants ranging in habit from prostrate to erect[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeProbably originally native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, now widely spread through most dry tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

HabitatA weed of sandy, open, dry grassland and rocky localities, in most of the tropics and subtropics, often on limestone, at low and medium altitudes[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].