| Scientific name | Centella asiatica |
| Common name | India Pennywort Plant |
| Temperature requirement | 25-35 °C |
| Humidity | 40-50% |
| Light | Full sun |
| Pests | Fungus |
| Pet friendliness | Toxic to pets &human |
| Maximum plant height | 50-100 cm |
| Pot | Clay and loamy soil with water |
| Pot requirement | Repot every 1-2 years |
| Nutrition | Feed once a month with a balanced (such as NPK) liquid or water-soluble fertilizer. |
| Pruning & training | Remove dead & diseased leaves with sterile shears |
| Fower colour & season | |
| Description | This plant also known as Centella asiatica. The plant is a small trailing herb and it is the only species of Centella found in India. Leaves are fleshy, orbicular to reniform and dentate.Flowers are pink and white in fascicled umbels.Stem is glabrous, pink striated and rooting at nodes.The fruits are oblong, dull brown, laterally compressed, pericarp hard, thickened and woody white. The plants grow well under shade and can tolerate heavy shade. One-node stem cuttings can be planted. The root develops from the nodes. |
Additional information
| Pot size | 4L, 10L |
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