Centella glauca M.T.R.Schub. & B.-e.van Wyk

Resprouting, densely virgate, robust, mostly dioecious perennial, up to 700 mm tall. Leaves acicular, somewhat succulent, (50-)80-90(-130) x 1-2 mm; distinctly glaucous, concolorous; glabrous; acicular; lamina indistinguishable from petiole; main vein slightly sunken; margin entire; apex acute; coppice leaves petiolate; petiole (30-)40-50(-100) mm long; lamina cuneate or narrowly elliptic, (7-)15-25 x 2-3 mm; base cuneate; margins sometimes inrolled, with 1-3 acute teeth on upper third of lamina; apex acute. Inflorescence mostly sparse, borne along the shoots; functionally male inflorescence with 3-6 umbellules; rays (5-)10-15(-25) mm long; bracts 2, acute at apex, glabrous; male flowers 3 on each umbellule, petals cream-coloured, glabrous; functionally bisexual inflorescence with single umbellule; ray (2-)15-20(-35) mm long; bracts 2, acute at apex, 2-3 x 1 mm, shorter than fruit. Fruit very large, (4-)5(-7) x (3-)4(-5) mm; widely elliptic in commissural view, with 2 prominent, purple ribs visible on either side of both carpels.