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Convolvulus is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution (Feinbrun-Dothan 1978). C. pluricaulis occurs in temperate and subtropical regions and is a perennial herb and stoloniferous rhizome. Leaves are flat, scabrous and liner green with prominent nerves. Flowers are 10-20 flowered pale or purplish with three stamens. Its fruit is a nut, which is oblong, trigonous, stramineous and stiptate (Madhavan et al. 2008; Karandikar and Satakapan 1959).
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Saroya, A.S., Singh, J. (2018). Phytopharmacology of Indian Nootropic Convolvulus pluricaulis. In: Pharmacotherapeutic Potential of Natural Products in Neurological Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0289-3_13
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