| Dicotyledon | Literature for Centella asiatica
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Lorence & Wagner, 2020. |
| Apiaceae -- The Parsley Family | Bibliography |
| Centella asiatica | |
Common name(s): Asiatic pennywort, pohe kula |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Pantropical and subtropical.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Slender, perennial herb; stems 1 to several, creeping, rooting at the nodes, glabrous to floccose and glabrate. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves petiolate; blade orbicular reniform to ovate-cordate, 2‒6 cm long, 1.5‒5 cm wide, 5‒9-veined, margin crenate to entire, petiole 3‒30 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Inflorescences a 2‒3-flowered umbel, peduncle 1.2‒4 cm long, involucral bracts usually 2, ovate to suborbicular, 2.5‒3 mm long, 1.5‒2.5 mm wide, margin scarious. Flowers on short pedicel, 0‒4 mm long; petals white to purplish or rose. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit ovoid to orbicular, 2‒5 mm in diameter, mericarps strongly flattened laterally, ribs usually 7‒9. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 17, 18*, 19, 20, 22, 33. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |