Abstract

It is a source of an important drug in Ayurveda known as Shankhpushpi. The whole herb is used medicinally in the form of decoction. It is also described as one of the Medhya Rasayana drugs in Ayurveda. The Shankhpushpi drug is used as brain tonic and as a laxative. The article presents the data on seed germination, seedling growth, and different agro techniques of Convolvulus microphyllus under nursery conditions. Results revealed that Seed sowing at 0.5 cm depth with1:2:2 soil mixture ratios (sand: clay: FYM) were found to be most favourable for obtaining maximum growth and biomass.

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