’Thankuni’ [Centella asiatica (L.) Urban; synonyms: Hydrocotyle asiatica L.; Trisanthus cochinsinensis Lour.] is one of the widely consumed Bangladeshi edible plants from the family Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae) (Fig. 1). ‘Thankuni’, also known as ‘Goku Kola’ in India, is an herbaceous perennial plant, indigenous to Bangladesh, India and a few other Asian countries, as well as wetlands of the South-East USA. this plant is called ‘Indian pennywort’ or ‘Asiatic pennywort’
