Centella asiatica
naturalizedApiaceae

Centella asiatica

Indian pennywort

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Centella asiatica, commonly known as centella, Asiatic pennywort or Gotu kola, is a herbaceous, frost-tender perennial plant in the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is native to wetlands in Asia. It is used as a culinary vegetable and as a medicinal herb.

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Seasonality

Only 4 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

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Where documented · 95 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 199 · GBIF 220 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 49 · GBIF 48 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 22 · GBIF 19 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 10 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaluanui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Manoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Anahola · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokāne · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāpaʻaʻea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaunala · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahauiki · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓