Centella asiatica (L.) Urban
Centella asiatica (L.) Urban
Family: Apiaceae
Gotu kola, Indian penny-wort, Pohekula, Spade leaf
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Herb
Distribution:
Tropical & Subtropical Old World
Use: Medicinal
Description:
Prostrate herbs, rooting at nodes. Leaves simple, alternate, orbicular-reniform, 3-5 cm across, crenate or sub-entire, glabrous. Flowers sessile, pink, in 2-5 flowered umbels. Petals 4, 1 mm long, oblong, recurved at apex, pink to purple. Stamens 5, filaments erect. Fruit ovoid, 3-4 mm long, reticulate-rugose, 7-9-ribbed.