Species
Centella asiatica
Etymology
Centella: little spike
Common Name(s)
Gotu Kola
Authority
Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
Family
Apiaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites
Habitat
Found 5 December 2006 in Auckland, Mt Albert, as a lawn verge and gutter weed. Eradication attempted.
Flowering
November - March
Flower Colours
Green,Yellow
Fruiting
January - May
Year Naturalised
2006
Origin
Asia
Reason For Introduction
Salad vegetable, medicinal plant (Asian Community)
Life Cycle Comments
Long-lived perennial, creeping herb
Reproduction
By asexual and sexual means - plants extensively stoloniferous
Seed
Long-lived
Dispersal
Water and in soil
Tolerances
Cold sensitive
This page last updated on 5 Oct 2017