| PlantID | 0047 |
| Botanical Name | Centella asiatica |
| Common Name | Brahmibuti |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Rosidae | | Order: | Apiales | | Family: | Apiaceae | | Genus: | Centella | | Species: | asiatica |
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| Part used | Whole plant and leaves. |
| Medicinal Properties | Alterative, antidiarrhoeal, antidysenteric, antidiabetic, vulnerary, diuretic and tonic. |
| Medicinal Use | It promotes memory, used mainly in the bowel complaints in children, applied both externally and internally as poultice and powder respectively in the treatment of leprosy and syphilitic ulcers.
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| Chemistry | Amino acids, asiatic, asiaticoside, centic, centellic, centoic and pectic acids, carotene, centellose. Leaves: Protein, 3-glucosylquercetin, 3-glucosyl- and 7-glucosyl-kaempferols; root: polyacetylenes I-V.
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| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Throughout Rajasthan. Commonly found in waste places, gardens and shady localities.
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| Description | A prostrate herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves: usually glabrous, orbicular-reniform, entire, crenate or lobulate. Bracts small, ovate. Flowers: white, borne in 3-6 flowered umbels. Fruits and seeds laterally compressed. Flowers and fruits from April-June.
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