The coin grass plants native to Asian countries but now naturalized in elsewhere as a herb. It is commonly found on grass land, paddy field, along land near the tanks(lakes) in Sri Lanka. Also it is cultivate as a ornamental plant. The plant widely used in traditional Chinese medicine in East Asian Countries.
Common Classification
Common Names Whorled Penny-wort, Gold Coin Grass, Coin grass, Jin Qian Cao, Money grassScientific Name Hydrocotyle verticillata
Sinhala Name Wal Gotukola, Kassi Gas
Scientific Classification
Family AraliaceaeGenus Hydrocotyle
Species H. verticillata Synonym Centella homalocarpa, Hydrocotyle australis
Ecology
Category WeedGrowth Habit Small-Shrub
Duration Annual
Origin Introduced
Status Natural
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