Other Names
Other common names include:
- Brahmi booti - Hindi
- Perook - Manipuri
- Sleuk tracheakkranh - Khmer ស្លឹកត្រចៀកក្រាញ់
- 崩大碗 ("chipped big bowl"- Chinese)
- Vallaarai - Tamil: வல்லாரை
- Thankuni pata (Bangladesh)
- Gotu kola - Sinhala (Sri Lanka: ගොටුකොල)
- Asiatic pennywort
- Indian pennywort
- Luei gong gen(雷公根, literally "thunder god's root", Chinese)
- Takip-kohol - Filipino
- Antanan
- Manduki, divya, maha aushadhi - Ayurveda
- Pegagan
- 'Pegaga
- Kula kud
- Mying Khwar (Myanmar: ျမင္းခြာ )
- Bai bua bok (Thai: ใบบัวบก)
- Brahmi (shared with Bacopa monnieri)
- Rau má (mother vegetable) - Vietnamese
- Manimuni - Assamese: মানিমুনি
- Saraswathi plant - Telugu: సరస్వతీ ఆకు
- Ondelaga - Kannada: ಒಂದೆಲಗ
- Ekpanni - Konkani: ಒಂದೆಲಗ
- Timare - tulu:
- Kudakan or kudangal - Mayalam: കുടക൯ / കുടങ്ങല്
- Yahong yahong (Philippines)
- 병풀 - Korean
In India, it is popularly known by a variety of names: bemgsag, brahma manduki, brahmanduki, brahmi, ondelaga or ekpanni (south India, west India), sarswathi aku (Andhra Pradesh), gotu kola, khulakhudi, mandukparni, mandookaparni, or thankuni (Bengal), depending on region. North Bacopa monnieri is the more widely known Brahmi; both have some common therapeutic properties in Vedic texts and are used for improving memory. C. asiatica is called brahmi particularly in north India, although that may be a case of mistaken identity introduced during the 16th century, when brahmi was confused with mandukaparni, a name for C. asiatica.
Probably the earliest study of mandookaparni as medya rasayana (improving the mental ability) was carried out at the Dr. A. Lakshmipathy Research Centre (now under CCRAS)
Read more about this topic: Centella Asiatica
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