Gotu kola
Scientific name
Centella asiatica
English Name
Gotu kola
Malayalam name
കുടങ്ങല്
Common name
Indian pennywort
Description
- Habit : Herbs
- Habitat : Grows in moist and shady areas
- Leaves : leaf shape are in circle or kidney shape
- Flowers : sessile, brown or red in color
- Fruit : ovoid
How to use
- Memory booster : For young children, half an ounce of swaram extracted from this plant and given regularly in the morning with butter.
- Skin diseases : Applying crushed leaves or ghee
Parts used
Whole plant
Uses
Carminative, diuretic, expectorant and memory enhancer
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated from seeds or root suckers and can be grown on variety of soils.However moist locations are more suitable.It can be grown in shady places also.