Species Centella tridentata
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Etymology of Centella:
Gk. kentron = a spur or sharp point; -ella = diminutive; probably alluding to the small, pointed styles.
Etymology of tridentata:
from Latin tri = 'three' and dentata = 'toothed'. Typically referring to the leaves.
Scientific name:
Centella tridentata (L. f.) Drude ex Domin
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Laxly branched decumbent annual or short-lived perennial, 8--20 cm. Leaves petiolate, cuneate, densely to sparsely hairy, margin mostly 3--5-toothed teeth above. Inflorescence sessile, with four lateral shortly pedicellate male flowers and a central sessile bisexual flower, whitish. Fruits obovate, shorter than the bracts, ribbed, wrinkled, thinly hairy. Aug.--Dec. Mainly coastal flats and lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, LB, SE (Namaqualand to Port Elizabeth).
Observations of Taxon
Centella tridentata
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Centella tridentata
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Centella tridentata
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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