The plant named Sankhapushpi or Shankahuki is a well known Indian medicinal plant having the scientific name of Convolvulus pluricaulis Choisy. The plant has several names in different native Indian languages and it is called as Dankuni in Bengali. The Punjabi speaking people call the plant as Dodak or Porprang. Sankhapushpi is the Sanskrit name of the plant and it is also called as Sankhapushpi in Sanskrit. The Hindi names of the plant are Shankahuki and Shankapushpi.

Sankhapushpi or Shankahuki is a small and lean plant that is procumbent or sub-erect. The herb has a length of up to 50 cm and it has a woody rootstock. The leaves of the plant have a length of 1.2-2.5 cm and their shape is linear-oblong or the upper elliptic. The apex is obtuse, mucronate, with the base tapering and it is villous on both sides. The leaf margins are slightly hairy, having short petioles. The sessile or short-pedicelled flowers of Sankhapushpi or Shankahuki are axillary and they remain 1-3 together. The bracts beneath the calyx are linear-lanceolate, hairy, having a length of 3 mm and the sepals are 0.6 cm long. The ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate sepals are sparsely hairy, while the corolla of the plant is wide, funnel-shaped, having a colour of pale rose or rose-yellow. The fruit of the plant is an ellipsoid or globose capsule, having length of 0.3 cm and they are smooth, as well. The plant usually flowers in October in west-central India. Sankhapushpi or Shankahuki is a common weed that is found in cultivated fields throughout most of India.

Sankhapushpi or Shankahuki shrub has several medicinal properties and usages and it is used in the traditional Ayurvedic and other treatments. The species is considered the source of the drug named Shankrapushpi, in northern Indian Ayurvedic practice. The plant is also more commonly equated with Clitoria terneata (Fahaceae-Papilionoideae) in southern India. The whole plant is also used in a number of formulations as a nervine tonic for improving memory and intellect of people. The leaves and flowers of the plant are reported to possess hypotensive properties and are useful as a sedative in treating anxiety neurosis, as well. Apart from that, both the leaves and flowers of Sankhapushpi or Shankahuki also possess antifungal properties.