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Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola) is a well known herb traditionally used in the treatment of skin damage as well as for circulatory enhancement. This is a specialized extraction employed for the concentration of the active constituents for enhanced therapeutic benefits to the skin.
In the Philippines, the leaves of B. asiatica are heated and externally applied for stomach-ache. Fresh leaves are topically applied against rheumatism, and the seeds are employed as a vermifuge. In Indonesia and the Philippines, the fruit or seed is used as a fish poison.ummary of Invasiveness. B. asiatica is a widespread tree present in coastal areas in India, Africa, Asia, Melanesia and the West Indies. This species is included in the Global Compendium of Weeds (Randall, 2012), and at present it has only been listed as invasive for the Dominican Republic (Kairo et al., 2003).