Centella virgata (L.F.) Drude

Stems many from the root, erect, sprawling or semiprocumbent, woody at the base only, branched especially at the base, up to 80 cm long, glabrous or hairy. Leaves terete with a small groove, stout or slender, the lower crowded, up to 15 cm long, the upper shorter, scattered or in groups of 2 or 3. Sheaths with a narrow membranous edge, usually woolly inside. Umbels in the upper axils, solitary or in groups, 3-, 4-or 6-rayed, the rays slender, 0.5-1.5 cm long, often hairy. Umbels usually all alike or the uppermost with male flowers only. Petals glabrous, white or brownish, often large. Fruit flattened, usually longer than wide, 3.5-4.5 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, flat-topped or indented, at least twice as long as the bracts. Mericarps with faint or slightly prominent almost straight ridges and smooth or slightly wrinkled furrows. Bracts acute or acuminate. Fruit ray up to 2.5 cm long, usually straight and ascending.