Gotukola Centella asiatica

Common name - Gotukola

Botanical name - Centella asiatica

Family         - Apiaceae

Life cycle - Annual

Morphology 

• The stems are slender, creeping stolons, green to reddish-green in color, connecting plants to each other.
• It has long-stalked, green, reniform leaves with rounded apices which have smooth texture with palmately netted veins. 
• The leaves are borne on pericladial petioles, around 2 cm.
• The rootstock consists of rhizomes, growing vertically down. 
• They are creamish in color and covered with root hairs
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Propagation 

• Rooted stem cutting or roots, and rarely by seeds.

Agricultural usage/ importance 

• Commonly used as a leafy vegetable and a medicinal plant

Control method 

• This is a soft weed and manual control is done where necessary