Centella asiatica L.
Common Name : Asiatic pennywort
Family : Apiaceae
HABIT |
PERENNIAL HERB. |
STEMS |
PROSTRATE, SLENDER, CREEPING
WITH LONG STOLANS AND NEARLY GLABROUS OR HAIRY ON YOUNG PARTS. |
LEAVES |
CORDATE OR HASTATE OR ORBICULAR OR RENIFORM OR SUB ENTIRE OR
PALMATELY LOBED CONSISTING OF LONG PETIOLE AND SMALL STIPULES. LEAF BLADES
ARE DENTATE, CRENATE WITH THICK RADIATE VEINS AND DARK GREEN IN COLOR. LEAVES
ARE GLABROUS ON BOTH SURFACES. |
FLOWERS |
INFLORESCENCE SIMPLE UMBEL OF
3 – 6 FLOWERS AT THE ENDS OF SLENDER PEDUNCLES ARISING FROM THE AXILS |
FRUITS |
CARPELS OBLONG,
SUB–CYLINDRIC, CURVED AND LESS IN LENGTH, MUCH LATERALLY COMPRESSED, READILY
SEPARATING INTO 2 INDEHISCENT HALVES (MERICARPS) UNITED BY A VERY NARROW
PLANE OF JUNCTION. |