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Platostoma

P.Beauv.
1818
mesona
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Platostoma is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to tropical parts of Africa, southern Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. Mesona and Acrocephalus has been known as its synonyms. A widely consumed species in this genus is Platostoma palustre (synonyms Mesona chinensis, M. elegans, and M. procumbens), or xiancao (仙草) in Mandarin, sian-chháu (仙草) in Taiwanese, leung fun cho (涼粉草) in Cantonese, sương sáo in Vietnamese, and cincau in Indonesian and Malay. It is eaten as a snack in drinks, or set as a gel and served as a grass jelly. In Indonesia the Platostoma palustre leaf is used to make a black jelly; there is also an instant powder variety available....read more on Wikipedia.

51 Platostoma species found, including:

Platostoma africanumafrican jellywortPlatostoma annamensePlatostoma becquereliiPlatostoma calcaratumceratanthus calcaratus2Platostoma cambodgense2Platostoma cochinchinenseacrocephalus klossiiPlatostoma coeruleumPlatostoma coloratumgeniosporum coloratum2Platostoma denticulatumPlatostoma dilungensePlatostoma elongatumPlatostoma grandiflorumPlatostoma hildebrandtiiPlatostoma hispidumacrocephalus indicusPlatostoma mekongensepha taem jellywortPlatostoma menthoidessouth indian jellywortPlatostoma palustreblack cincauPlatostoma thymifoliumplatostoma thymiflorumPlatostoma tridechiiPlatostoma verbenifoliummanipuri jellywort
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