Centella tridentata (L.F.) Drude ex Domin

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Centella

Characteristics

Laxly branching decumbent annual or short-lived perennial. Leaves mostly crowded; petiole 3-37 mm long, densely hairy to glabrescent along entire length, base 3-6 mm wide, adaxially glabrous; lamina cuneate, 4-31 mm long, 1-13 mm wide, the base cuneate, main veins abaxially slightly raised and adaxially slightly sunken, margin sometimes adaxially upturned, surface on both sides pubescent to glabrescent, grey-green to brown-green, concolourous, toothed in upper half of leaf and entire in lower half, with 1-14 acuminate teeth per leaf; apex acute, obtuse or rounded. Inflorescence with central bisexual flower and with four lateral male flowers borne along the shoots; ray absent; peduncle mostly absent, 0-3 mm long; bracts longer than male flowers, 4-10 mm long, 1-4 mm wide, lanceolate, sometimes toothed at apex, abaxially pubescent to glabrescent, adaxially glabrous except along upper margin, with prominent dark veins. Flowers with abaxially villous petals; pedicel of male flower 1-5 mm long; pubescent to glabrescent along entire length. Fruit widely ovate in commissural view, 3-6 mm long, 3-7 mm wide; surface wrinkled, thinly pubescent to glabrescent, ribs relatively prominent, no commissural proliferation; stylopodium prominent, 2-6.5 x 1.2-1.9 mm.
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Laxly branched, decumbent annual or short-lived perennial, 0.08-0.20 m high. Leaves petiolate, cuneate, densely to sparsely hairy, margins mostly 3-5-toothed above. Inflorescence sessile, with 4 lateral, shortly pedicellate, male flowers and a central, sessile, bisexual flower, whitish. Flowering time Aug.-Dec. Fruit obovate, shorter than bracts, ribbed, wrinkled, thinly hairy.
Decumbent annual or short-lived perennial, up to 0.2 m tall. Leaves cuneate, petiolate, densely to sparsely hairy, usually 3-5-toothed. Umbels bisexual, male flowers 4, shortly pedicellate, bisexual flowers 1, sessile, central, bracts 4. Flowers whitish. Fruit obovate, mericarps laterally compressed, ribbed, wrinkled between ribs, thinly hairy, shorter than bracts.
Laxly branched, decumbent annual or short-lived perennial, 8-20 cm. Leaves petiolate, cuneate, densely to sparsely hairy, margin mostly 3-5-toothed above. Flowers in sessile umbels with 4 lateral, shortly pedicellate, male flowers and a central, sessile, bisexual flower, whitish. Fruit obovate, shorter than bracts, ribbed, wrinkled, thinly hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Centella tridentata world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0000594177
COL ID S839
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Synonyms

Centella tridentata Centella hermaniifolia var. schlechteriana

Lower taxons

Centella tridentata var. dregeana Centella tridentata var. hermanniifolia Centella tridentata var. litoralis Centella tridentata var. tridentata