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Genus of flowering plants
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 .
[2] Mesona
[3]
[4] 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 ),
[5] 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.
Species
51 species are accepted.
[1]
Platostoma africanum P.Beauv — tropical Africa, southern India, Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
Platostoma albiflorum Suddee, A.J.Paton & J.Parn. – Thailand
Platostoma annamense (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton — Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia
Platostoma axillaris (Benth.) A.J.Paton — Assam
Platostoma becquerelii Suddee & A.J.Paton — Cambodia
Platostoma busbanianum Suddee, A.J.Paton & J.Parn. – Thailand
Platostoma calcaratum (Hemsl.) A.J.Paton — southern China, northern Indochina
Platostoma cambodgense Suddee & A.J.Paton — Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
Platostoma clausum (Merr.) A.J.Paton — Culion Island in Philippines
Platostoma cochinchinense (Lour.) A.J.Paton — southern China, Indochina, Java, Sumatra
Platostoma coeruleum (R.E.Fr.) A.J.Paton — Angola, Zambia
Platostoma coloratum (D.Don) A.J.Paton — Yunnan, eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina
Platostoma denticulatum Robyns — central Africa from Cameroon east to Tanzania and south to Angola
Platostoma dilungense (Lisowski & Mielcarek) A.J.Paton — Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
Platostoma elongatum (Benth.) A.J.Paton — Sri Lanka, southern India
Platostoma fastigiatum A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
Platostoma fimbriatum A.J.Paton — Thailand
Platostoma gabonense A.J.Paton — Cameroon, Gabon, Tanzania
Platostoma glomerulatum A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
Platostoma grandiflorum Suddee & A.J.Paton — eastern Indochina
Platostoma helenae (Buscal. & Muschl.) ined.. — Mozambique
Platostoma hemratianum Suddee, Puudjaa & Kiewbang – Thailand
Platostoma hildebrandtii (Vatke) A.J.Paton & Hedge — Kenya, Tanzania
Platostoma hispidum (L.) A.J.Paton — Southeast Asia, southern China, Assam, New Guinea
Platostoma intermedium A.J.Paton — Thailand
Platostoma kerrii Suddee & A.J.Paton — Thailand, Cambodia
Platostoma lanceolatum (Chermsir. ex Murata) A.J.Paton — Thailand
Platostoma laxiflorum A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
Platostoma leptochilon Robyns — Zaïre
Platostoma longicorne (F.Muell.) A.J.Paton — Queensland, New Guinea
Platostoma madagascariense (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
Platostoma mekongense Suddee — Thailand
Platostoma menthoides (L.) A.J.Paton — Sri Lanka, southern India
Platostoma montanum (Robyns) A.J.Paton — Zaïre, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi
Platostoma ocimoides (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton — Thailand, Cambodia
Platostoma ovatum Suddee, A.J.Paton & J.Parn. – Thailand
Platostoma palniense (Mukerjee) A.J.Paton — southern India
Platostoma palustre (Blume) A.J.Paton — Southeast Asia, southern China, Assam, Bangladesh, New Guinea
Platostoma parnellianum Suddee, A.J.Paton & Kiewbang – Thailand
Platostoma rotundifolium (Briq.) A.J.Paton — tropical and southern Africa
Platostoma rubrum Suddee & A.J.Paton — Thailand, Laos
Platostoma siamense (Murata) A.J.Paton — Thailand
Platostoma stoloniferum (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton — Thailand, Laos
Platostoma strictum (Hiern) A.J.Paton — Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
Platostoma taiwanense S.S.Ying – Taiwan
Platostoma taylorii Suddee & A.J.Paton — Thailand, Cambodia
Platostoma tectum A.J.Paton — Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
Platostoma tenellum (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
Platostoma thymifolium (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
Platostoma tridechii Suddee — Thailand
Platostoma verbenifolium (Watt ex Mukerjee) A.J.Paton — Assam, Bangladesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
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