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RE: Organography and Plant Histology of Hydrocotyle umbellata (Araliaceae)
Hello:
A very interesting article. I actually looked this up elsewhere after reading your piece. I was curious about its medicinal properties. Found this: https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/hydcol46.html.
If it is a bio indicator (of pollution), doesn't that mean it also might pose a risk when used as a medicinal? Do people who harvest this for medicinal purposes understand that it absorbs pollutants so readily?
I wonder how the same issue might affect other plant-derived medicinals.
Thank you for a very informative article. Once again, you have wonderful pictures.
Greetings @agmoore2, thank you for visiting the blog. The species you indicate Hydrocotyle asiatica (Centella asiatica), originally located in the genus Hydrocotyle, is not the same species described in this post (Hydrocotyle umbellata). In fact H. asiatica has multiple medicinal properties, which differentiate it from H. umbellata, characterized by its capacity to absorb pollutants in water ecosystems with eutrophication problems
Thank you for clarifying that. Sorry....:)