Indian pennywort / gotu kola

Care snapshot

A low-growing herb with rounded leaves that thrives in moist conditions. It is cultivated as a culinary and traditional medicinal plant.

Draft seed — not medical or emergency advice. Human review pending.

Growing details

Season

Warm, moist growing periods

Time to flowering or harvest

Leaves may be harvested after roughly 8–12 weeks under good conditions

Common pests

Snails, slugs, leaf-feeding insects

Common diseases

Leaf spots, root rot