Nature Plant: Centella Asiatica | Centella | Asiatic Pennywort | Indian Pennywort | Gotu Kola

Centella Asiatica | Centella | Asiatic Pennywort | Indian Pennywort | Gotu Kola | Rau Má As I known, they were natural growing in southwestern Vietnam back then (30 years ago), no one grew them. They were one of main source of food for many families through a rough time back then (after 1975) because they grew in the garden without care, no need to care... no one know when they were there... According to Wikipedia, it is used as a culinary vegetable and as medicinal herb.... In traditional medicine, C. asiatica has been used in an attempt to treat varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency, psoriasis, minor wounds, strangury, and to encourage lactation. It is called around the world: Khmer: ស្លឹកត្រចៀកក្រាញ់ (sleuk tracheakkranh) Burmese: မြင်းခွာပင်(မြင်းခွာရွက်) (mying khwar) Thai: บัวบก (bua bok) Lao: ຜັກໜອກ (phak nork) Vietnamese: rau má Indonesian: pegagan, antanan Filipino: takip-kohol, yahong yahong Malay: penggaga, pegagan, pegaga Chinese: 雷公根 (lei gong gen), 崩大碗 (bang dai wun) Korean: 병풀 (byeong-pul, 甁) Odia: ଥାଲକୂଡ଼ି (thalkudi) Telugu: సరస్వతి ఆకు (sarswathi aku) Malayalam: കുടങ്ങൽ (kudangal), കുടവൻ (kudavan), മുത്തിൾ (muththil) Bengali: থানকুনি/যাদুমনি (thankuni/adumoni) Sinhala: ගොටුකොල (gotu kola), සරස්වතී (sarasvatī) Marathi: ब्राम्ही / ब्राह्मी (brahmi) Konkani: एक्पानि("ekpaani") Kannada: ಒಂದೆಲಗ (ondelaga) Tamil: வல்லாரை (vallaarai) Burmese: မြင်းခွာ (myin-khwar) Hindi: ब्रह्मी बूटी (brahmi booti& Mizo: perook in Meitei; lambak Assamese...