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Very similar to Hydrocotyle but umbels sheathed by small bracts, and mature mericarps with secondary ridges as prominent as primary ones.
Centella asiatica (L.) Urban
- Hydrocotyle asiatica L.
Leaves suborbicular or reniform, unlobed or very shallowly lobed, 1–3 x 1.5–5cm, margin crenate-dentate, base cordate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; petiole 1–14cm. Umbels 1–12, clustered at nodes, each 2–4-flowered; peduncles usually short, up to 7(–30)mm; bracts 2–4, ovate 2–3mm, membranous. Flowers pinkish to deep red. Mericarps ellipsoid c 3 x 1.75mm, strongly ridged and often much wrinkled at maturity, sessile.
Bhutan: S—Phuntscholing
district (Phuntscholing, Sorchent to Kharbandi) and Gaylegphug district
(above Aie Bridge); C—Punakha district (Chusom, Wangdu Phodrang)
and Tongsa district (Pertimi).
Sikkim: Gangtok (and an
unlocalised specimen).
Darjeeling: Kalimpong, Rangbe
Chhu, (Great) Rangit River, Torsa River.
Ecology: Common in shaded
marshy ground, roadside ditches, etc. 400–1500m.
Flowers March–April.
Illustration [Fig 48: e, f]
Specimen List [3320]
