• Family : Apiaceae
  (Carrot Or Coriander Or Parsley Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAUNF FAMILY (सौंफ फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Apiaceae
• Synonym(s) : Hydrocotyle hispida D.Don; Hydrocotyle nepalensis Hook.; Hydrocotyle zeylanica DC.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hydrocotyle javanica Thunb.
• Common name : Java Pennywort
• Vernacular name : Mahagotukola(Hindi); Awa Peruk (Manipuri)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Watselands, pine forest and paddy fields
• Key identification features : Prostrate herbs. Flowers white. Fruits very much compressed
• Flower, Fruit : May-October
• Distribution :
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district
  • Meghalaya : West Jaintia Hills (Jowai) district
• Native : Tropical Old World to Fiji (Taveuni)
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, India, Jawa, Korea, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
• Literature : Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 320; Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.1. Published BSI: 218
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Hydrocotyle javanica. Downloaded on 4 March 2021.

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