| Author : (L.) Urban |
| Family : Apiaceae |
| Habit: Prostrate herb |
| Sanskrit: Mandukaparni, Manduki |
| English: Indian pennywort, Centella |
A prostrate, faintly aromatic, stoloniferous perennial herb, with pink and striated stem, rooting at nodes, orbicular-reniform leaves, in rosettes, red, pink or white flowers, in fascicled umbels and dull brown, oblong, laterally compressed fruits.
Whole plant
insomnia, cardiac debility, epilepsy, asthma, bronchitis, hiccough, abdominal disorders, leprosy, skin diseases, improve memory, cholera, fever, dysentery, rheumatism, elephantiasis, peptic ulcer, boils, tumours, veneral diseases, severe headache, as tonic after delivery, bone fracture, tuberculosis, wounds
Asiaticoside, medacassoside, brahmoside, brahminoside, hydrocotylin, vellarine, thankuniside, thankunic acid, asiatic acid, madegascaric or madecassic acid, madecassoside, isothankuniside, brahmic acid, centelloside, centic acid, centellic acid, centoic acid, indocentoic acid, indocentelloside, centellose