MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Centella names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 


(Bed) (Braj) V (CRDP) (FAO) V  (FDAM) (Flcyb) (GCW) (GRIN) V (IPNI) V (ISF) V (ISTA) (JA) V (JSent) V (LibHerb) (Mansf) V (MMPND) (Mrkv) (Nep) (Pan) V (Prosea) (Rehm) (SavMark) (Smit) V   (SwedMus) (USDA) (Wang) V (W3Trop) (Yasu)

 

Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.

SYNONYM(S) : Hydrocotyle asiatica L., Hydrocotyle erecta L. f.

ASSAMESE :  Aghinya, Bor mani muni.

BENGALI :  Bora thulkari, Brahmi, Thankuni, Thankuria.

CHINESE : Ji xue cao (Chi hsueh ts'ao).   

ENGLISH : Asian pennywort, Asiatic coinwort, Asiatic pennywort,  Indian pennywort,  Indian water navelwort, Marsh penny, Marsh pennywort,  Pennyweed, Sheep-rot, Spadeleaf, Thick-leaved pennywort, Water pennywort, White rot.

FRENCH :  Centelle asiatique, Écuelle d'eau (Rehm), Fausse violette, Hydrocotyle.

GERMAN : Asiatischer Wassernabel. 

GUJARATI :  Barmi.

HINDI :   Bemgsag,  ब्रह्म मंडुकी  Brahma manduki, Brahmanduki, Brahmi (North India, West India), Gotu kola, Khulakhudi, Mandukparni, Mandookaparni, Mandukaparni (South India), Thankuni.

ITALIAN : Erba delle tigri, Idrocotile, Scodella d'acqua.

JAPANESE :   ツ ボクサ   Tsubo kusa.

KANNADA :  Vondelega.

KHMER : Trachiek kranh.

MADURESE : Kos tekosan.

MALAGASY : Talapetraka (Madagascar).

MALAY : Daun kaki kuda (Indonesia), Gagan-gagan (Java), Pegaga, Pegagan, Kerok batok (Java), Rendeng.

MALAYALAM :  Kodangal, Kudangal, Muthil.

MARATHI :  Brahmi, Karinga.

NEPALESE : Brahambuti,   Braahamii (Brahami),   Ghodtaapre (Ghodtapre),   Ghorataap (Ghortap), Kholca ghayn.

PUNJABI :  Brahmibuti.

RUSSIAN :   Готу кола   Gotu kola.

SANSKRIT :   Brahmi, Brahma manduki, Brahamamanduki, Divya, Jalneem,  Mandukparni, Nandukparni, Thankuni.

SINHALESE :           Gotu kola.

SPANISH : Hierba de clavo  (Rehm) , Sombrerito (Rehm).

SUNDANESE : Antanan rambat.

TAMIL :  வல்லாரை   Vallaarai (Vallarai), Vallarai elai. 

TELUGU :  Bokkudu, Nacley, Saraswataku.

THAI :   บัวบก   Bua bok (Central Thailand),   ผักหนอก  Phak nok (Northern Thailand), Phak waen.

VIETNAMESE : Cây rau má.

 

Photograph  of leaves at Mountain Valley Growers. USA.

See note

Centella villosa L.  ->      Hydrocotyle villosa (L.) L. f.

 

 

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Centella Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://gmr.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/Plantnames/Sorting/Centella.html > (2004).

 
REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Online

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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

 

Ikisan Limited. 2005, Medicinal Plants. Centella.  < http://www.ikisan.com/mp/cache/m_indianpennynut.asp >.

IPTEKnet, 2002, Indonesia Medicinal Plants. Bahasa Indonesia Index. < http://www.iptek.net.id/eng/cakra_obat/tanaman_idx.php >.

Kalam Abdul  A. P. J.  (Dr.),  The President of India site.  Rashtrapati Bhavan, Herbal Garden.  < http://presidentofindia.nic.in/herbal.html >.

Maharishi Ayurveda, 1999 - 2005 Maharishi Ayurveda Products International Inc. Ayurvedic Herbs and their Uses,  Brahmi — used to help relieve and prevent stress.  <  http://www.mapi.com/en/ayurvedicherbs/brahmi.html   >.

McGuffin Michael et al., 2000, Herbs of Commerce - 2d Edition. American Herbal Products Association. (HoC)

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?centella (01 September 2004). (GRIN)

 

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

 

 

 

NOTE

"Brahmi" is applied to Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. in Northern and Western India but defines Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell in Kerala (Southern India). (ref. McGuffin et al. 2000)

"Mandukaparni" applies to Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell in Northern and Western India but defines Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. in Kerala. (ref. McGuffin et al. 2000)


The confusion between the various species of Hydrocotyle and Centella is understandable when one looks at the leaves. I have been shown the main difference between the "large-leaved" or "Vietnamese" and the "Australian" or "small-leaved" forms of Hydrocotyle and I am still confused. Presently (2005) my understanding is that the so called  "large-leaved" or "Vietnamese" "brahmi" is Hydrocotyle javanica , while the  "small-leaved"  is applicable to a number of Hydrocotyle species, including Centella asiatica (preferred name) or Hydrocotyle asiatica (recognized synonym).

 

 

 

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