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Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
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- Synonym:
- Hydrocotyle asiatica L.
- Plant Family:
- Apiaceae.
- Habit & Habitat:
- A shade and moist loving, creeping herb, common in sub-tropical, temperate and sub-alpine zones.
- Plant Description:
- Stem reddish, possessing long internodes and nodes, rooting at nodes. Leaves simple, kidney shaped with wavy margin, glabrous at both sides. Inflorescence an umbel, 3-4 flowered. Flower pinkish, sessile. Fruit ribbed.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- July-December.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- Useful in skin and blood disorders, improves memory and used as a tonic.[1] Locally it used for mental weakness and memory loss with cow milk. Its powder and infusion is effective in jaundice.
- Part Used:
- Whole plant.
- Occurrence:
- Common.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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