Trees & Plants

Whorled pennywort

Farihi

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Fairly common along the margin of marshy areas Grown in aquarium. The plant juice is used as a remedy for fever and poultice for wounds and boils. Decoction of the plant is used for abscesses, colds, coughs, hepatitis, at influenza, pruritus, sore throat, headache and urinary pro

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uses: Grown in aquarium. The plant juice is used as a remedy for fever and poultice for wounds and boils. Decoction of the plant is used for abscesses, colds, coughs, hepatitis, at influenza, pruritus, sore throat, headache and urinary problems. or
family: Apiaceae
synonym: Centella homalocarpa Drude, Centella verticillata (Th unb.) Fourc.
description: Prostrate herbs, rooting at nodes, stem procumbent. Leaves erect, circular × or reniform 1.5-3.5 3-6 cm, shallowly 5-12 lobed, lobes rounded, both surfaces sparsely hairy or covered with purplish hairs, secondary nerves palmate, petiole 3-18 cm. Inflorescence thyrsiform spike, peduncle 3-8 cm long, flowers in 1-15 flowered umbels; petals white with yellow or purplish red glands, style 0.8-1 mm, spreading. Fruit brown to purplish red, heart-shaped or × spherical, 1.0-1.2 1.5-2 mm.
native range: Hawaii and continental USA
distribution: Cosmopolitan
english names: Whorled pennywort · Whorled marsh-pennywort
flowering fruiting: Th roughout the year
occurrence maldives: Fairly common along the margin of marshy areas