Gotu Kola, Centella Asiatica

Please note: as of writing, it is still early in the season, and the gotu kola plants are still quite small. However, they will pick up quite fast.

Gotu kola is so easy to grow and has so many benefits! A promoter for long life, good for your brain, intelligence, memory, against depression, speeds up wound healing, skin rejuvenation, female disorders, anti-carcinogenic and much more.
It is a centrepiece of Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine for thousands of years.
Chinese medicine regards gotu kola as a shen tonic, which means it accelerates spiritual progress in those practising esoteric disciplines by opening higher energy centres.
It is regarded as an emmenagogue, so do not take gotu kola in pregnancy.

Gotu Kola is a semi-aquatic plant that thrives in the shade. I have mine in a pot with a saucer underneath. While I cannot harvest leaves in our Katoomba winter, it even survived heavy snowfall!

There seem to be two varieties in Australia. One occurs wild and has more jagged leaves, while the one I offer has bigger and more rounded leaves. Both were used, but if there is a botanical difference, please let me know!

 The plant is sold in a 40 mm pot.