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Internal ID UUID644010265ad75338288556
Scientific name Centella erecta
Authority (L.f.) Fernald
First published in Rhodora 42: 295 (1940)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Centella asiatica var. floridana J.M.Coult. & Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 7: 30 (1900)
Centella biflora Nannf. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 18: 419 (1924)
Centella dusenii Nannf. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 18: 407 (1924)
Centella floridana Nannf. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 18: 411 (1924)
Centella repanda Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 859 (1903)
Centella repanda var. floridana Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 859 (1903)
Centella triflora Nannf. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 18: 415 (1924)
Hydrocotyle asiatica var. floridana J.M.Coult. & Rose Rev. N. Amer. Umbell. : 136 (1888)
Glyceria repanda (Pers.) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 1: 177. 1818 [14 Jul 1818]
Hydrocotyle erecta L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 177 (1782)
Hydrocotyle triflora Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 3: 24 (1802)
Hydrocotyle repanda Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 302 (1805)
Chondrocarpus repandus (Pers.) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: Corrigend. cf. 1: 177. 1818 [14 Jul 1818]
Hydrocotyle asiatica f. luxurians Donn.Sm. Enum. Pl. Guatem. 1: 15 (1889)

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English erect centella

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • New Jersey
      • Ohio
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Virginia
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Turks-caicos Islands
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South
      • Juan Fernández Islands
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Galápagos

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000594124
USDA Plants CEER2
Tropicos 1701058
INPN 629295
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:51383-2
The Plant List kew-2708841
Open Tree Of Life 585777
NCBI Taxonomy 43069
Nature Serve 2.135184
IPNI 51383-2
iNaturalist 160295
GBIF 8598241
EOL 581714
USDA GRIN 454401
Wikipedia Centella_erecta

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Abutilon theophrasti’s Resilience against Allelochemical-Based Weed Management in Sustainable Agriculture – Due to Collection of Highly Advantageous Microorganisms? Tabaglio V, Fiorini A, Sterling TM, Schulz M Plants (Basel) 04-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9961861
doi:10.3390/plants12040700
PMID:36840048
Identification of Asiaticoside from Centella erecta (Apiaceae) as Potential Apyrase Inhibitor by UF-UHPLC-MS and Its In Vivo Antischistosomal Activity de Carvalho LS, de Souza VC, Rodrigues VC, Ribeiro AC, Nascimento JW, Capriles PV, Pinto PD, de Moraes J, da Silva Filho AA Pharmaceutics 17-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143675
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics14051071
PMID:35631657
Attenuation of methylglyoxal-induced glycation and cellular dysfunction in wound healing by Centella cordifolia Alqahtani AS, Li KM, Razmovski-Naumovski V, Kam A, Alam P, Li GQ Saudi J Biol Sci 11-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7783792
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.016
PMID:33424371
Differentiation of Three Centella Species in Australia as Inferred from Morphological Characteristics, ISSR Molecular Fingerprinting and Phytochemical Composition Alqahtani A, Cho JL, Wong KH, Li KM, Razmovski-Naumovski V, Li GQ Front Plant Sci 21-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5702339
doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.01980
PMID:29209345
Conservation of Indigenous Vegetables from a Hotspot in Tropical Asia: What Did We Learn from Vavilov? Solberg SØ, Chou YY Front Plant Sci 04-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5209338
doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01982
PMID:28101091
A new triterpene glycoside from Centella erecta. Rumalla CS, Ali Z, Weerasooriya AD, Smillie TJ, Khan IA Fitoterapia 01-Oct-2010
doi:10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
PMID:20362037

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acyl glycosides / Fatty acyl glycosides of mono- and disaccharides
3,5,5-Trimethyl-4-[3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybut-1-enyl]cyclohex-2-en-1-one 73815024 Click to see 370.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
4-Hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybut-1-enyl]cyclohex-2-en-1-one 73815023 Click to see 386.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
beta-D-Glucopyranoside, (2E,6R)-6-hydroxy-2,6-dimethyl-2,7-octadienyl 72970728 Click to see 332.39 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerolipids / Glycosylglycerols / Glycosyldiacylglycerols
[2-Octadecanoyloxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxypropyl] octadecanoate 4629344 Click to see 949.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Digalactosyl Diacyl Glycerol (Dgdg) 15991538 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)COC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O)OC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 949.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides
(2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-2-[[(2R,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-6-[[(1R,2S,4R)-1,7,7-trimethyl-2-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanyl]oxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol 14526909 Click to see CC1(C2CCC1(C(C2)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)COC4C(C(CO4)(CO)O)O)O)O)O)C)C 448.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Borneol7-O-[beta-D-apiofuranosyl-(1-->6)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside 14526908 Click to see CC1(C2CCC1(C(C2)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)COC4C(C(CO4)(CO)O)O)O)O)O)C)C 448.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] (1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-10,11-dihydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-9-(sulfooxymethyl)-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylate 162891125 Click to see 1039.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Asiaticoside 11954171 Click to see 959.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Asiaticoside A 161823 Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CC(C5C4(CC(C(C5(C)CO)O)O)C)O)C)C2C1C)C)C(=O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)COC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O 975.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Madecassoside 24825675 Click to see 975.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
8,10,11-Trihydroxy-9-(Hydroxymethyl)-1,2,6A,6B,9,12A-Hexamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6A,7,8,8A,10,11,12,13,14B-Tetradecahydro-1H-Picene-4A-Carboxylic Acid 258809 Click to see 504.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Asiatic Acid 119034 Click to see 488.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Madecassic Acid 73412 Click to see 504.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
Benzyl beta-d-glucopyranoside 188977 Click to see 270.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glucuronides / Flavonoid-3-O-glucuronides
6-(2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-Dihydroxy-4-Oxochromen-3-Yl)Oxy-3,4,5-Trihydroxyoxane-2-Carboxylic Acid 12004528 Click to see 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Kaempferol 3-O-glucuronide 5318759 Click to see 462.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Kaempferol-3-O-glucuronoside 14185731 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C(=O)O)O)O)O)O 462.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Querciturone 5274585 Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)C(=O)O)O)O)O)O)O 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 5462193 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018
Astragalin 5282102 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2010.03.018

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