Nimulwel / Agracejo Glory
Evolvulus nummularius
Also known as Agracejo Rastrero
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Evolvulus nummularius
- Genus
- Evolvulus
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Forest plantations and degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- New World tropics, Madagascar, naturalized in Africa and Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Orbicular (round)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nimulwel itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nimulwel itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കൃഷ്ണക്രാന്തി
- Marathi
- निमुलवेल Nimulwel
About Nimulwel
Agracejo Glory (Evolvulus nummularius) belongs to the Convolvulaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and 20 other states. It grows in forest plantations and degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Nimulwel belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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