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Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. - syn. Hydrocotyle asiatica L.; Hydrocotyle erecta L. f. - Apiaceae
Indian pennywort, Indian water navelwort, gotu kola, Asiatisches Sumpfpfennigkraut, Indischer Wassernabel, Gotu Kola
Perennial herb, native to East Africa, Pakistan, India, East and Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands and South America, natirailzed and cultivated elsewhere; leaves orbicular or reniform, with 5-7 prominent palmate veins, base broadly cordate, coarsely toothed; umbels 3-4-flowered, flower petals white or rose-tinged.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200015478
„It is used as a medicinal herb in Ayurvedic medicine, traditional African medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine… Centella is used as a leafy green in Sri Lankan cuisine, where it is called gotu kola. In Sinhalese, gotu is translated as „conical shape“ and kola as „leaf“. It is most often prepared as malluma (මැල්ලුම), a traditional accompaniment to rice and curry, and goes especially well with vegetarian dishes, such as dhal, and jackfruit or pumpkin curry.“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centella_asiatica
„Asiaticoside derived from the plant Centella asiatica is known to possess good wound healing activity… Asiaticoside application (0.2%, topical) twice daily for 7 days to excision-type cutaneous wounds in rats led to increased enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, namely superoxide dismutase (35%), catalase (67%), glutathione peroxidase (49%), vitamin E (77%) and ascorbic acid (36%) in newly formed tissues. It also resulted in a several fold decrease in lipid peroxide levels (69%) as measured in terms of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance. However, continued application for 14 days showed no significant difference in these antioxidants compared with their values in vehicle treated wound tissue. It appears from the present study that asiaticosides enhanced induction of antioxidant levels at an initial stage of healing which may be an important contributory factor in the healing properties of this substance.“
[Asiaticoside‐induced elevation of antioxidant levels in healing wounds., Shukla, A., Rasik, A.M., Dhawan, B.N., Phytotherapy Research, 13(1), 1999, 50-54]