Centella macrocarpa (A.Rich.) Adamson

Erect or semierect, often in bunches, with many ascending branches from the woody base. Glabrous or less commonly hairy. Stems only persistent at the base. Leaves terete, grooved, usually in groups, 4-10 cm long, all alike, the upper shorter but not more slender. Sheaths hairy, without a membranous edge. Plants of three kinds: with male and bisexual flowers in the umbel, with male flowers only, and with bisexual flowers only. Umbels with male flowers 3-6 rayed, most commonly 4 or 6, but umbels with bisexual flowers only 1-rayed. Rays 3-8 mm long, much longer than the acuminate involucre. Male flowers in groups of three though 1 or 2 usually abortive, bisexual flowers solitary. Petals glabrous, often reddish, with a narrow translucent margin. Fruit rounded in outline, 5-6 mm long, 4.5-5.5 mm wide, green or purple, with prominent curved ridges and very slightly wrinkled furrows. Bracts acuminate, usually hairy, as long as or half the length of the fruit. Fruit ray short, 3-5 mm, stout, shorter than the rays with male flowers.