Centella asiatica
(Pennywort)
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FAMILY |
Apiaceae |
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Species |
Centella asiatica |
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Common name(s) |
Pennywort |
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Flower colour; life form |
Flowers pink-reddish. Herb, creeping, rooting at nodes |
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Distinguishing features |
Leaves on long petioles (1-20 cm long) heart-shaped to almost circular, margins crenate. Flowers in umbels, inconspicuous, may be almost hidden in litter; petals usually pink to reddish. Fruit with 2 mericarps with 3-5 longitudinal ribs. |
