Common name
English: Indian pennywort
German: Indischer Wassernabel
Mandarin: 积雪草 (ji xue cao)
English: Indian pennywort
German: Indischer Wassernabel
Mandarin: 积雪草 (ji xue cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Apiales (38)
Family: Apiaceae (28)(family description)
Genus: Centella (1)
Epithet: asiatica (L.) Urban (3)
Synonyms: Hydrocotyle asiatica L., Hydrocotyle erecta Linnaeus F.
asiatica => of Asiatic origin
erecta => upright, perpendicular
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
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