It is a prostrate herb found in NE India and SE Asia.

Leaves are 2.5-5 x 3–5.5 cm in size, and the margin has rounded teeth.

Java pennywort is seen in shady, moist places at altitudes greater than 1300 m. Flowers have five greenish-white petals and five stamens.

Fruit is broadly ovoid, 1 mm, laterally compressed.

In Manipur, the leaves are eaten as a substitute for Indian pennywort.