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Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. Apiaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia

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Centella boninensis Nakai ex Tuyama; Centella coriacea Nannf.; Centella glochidiata (Benth.) Drude; Centella hirtella Nannf.; Centella tussilaginifolia (Baker) Domin; Centella ulugurensis (Engl.) Domin; Centella uniflora (Colenso) Nannf.; Trisanthus cochinchinensis Lour.; Chondrocarpus asiaticus Nutt.; Chondrocarpus triflorus Nutt.; Glyceria asiatica Nutt.; Glyceria triflora Nutt.; Hydrocotyle abbreviata A. Rich.; Hydrocotyle abyssinica Gand.; Hydrocotyle artensis Montrouz.; Hydrocotyle asiatica L.; Hydrocotyle asiatica var. monantha F. Muell.; Hydrocotyle brasiliensis Scheidw.; Hydrocotyle brevipedata St.-Lag.; Hydrocotyle brevipes DC.; Hydrocotyle dentata A. Rich.; Hydrocotyle ficarifolia Stokes; Hydrocotyle ficarioides Lam.; Hydrocotyle glochidiata Benth.; Hydrocotyle hebecarpa DC.; Hydrocotyle inaequipes DC.; Hydrocotyle indivisa Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.; Hydrocotyle lunata Lam.; Hydrocotyle lurida Hance; Hydrocotyle nummularioides A.Rich.; Hydrocotyle pallida DC.; Hydrocotyle reniformis Walter; Hydrocotyle sarmentosa Salisb.; Hydrocotyle sylvicola Cordem.; Hydrocotyle thunbergiana Spreng.; Hydrocotyle tussilaginifolia Baker; Hydrocotyle ulugurensis Engl.; Hydrocotyle uniflora Colenso; Neosciadium glochidiatum (Benth.) Domin.; Trisanthus cochinchinensis Lour. (POWO 2020)

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Wakhidah, A.Z., Mustaqim, W.A. (2021). Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. Apiaceae. In: Franco, F.M. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38389-3_72

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