Platostoma
Platostoma adalah satu genus dari famili (Lamiaceae ).
Salah satu spesies dari genus ini, Platostoma palustre (sinonim Mesona procumbens dan Mesona chinensis ), yang juga dikenal sebagai xiancao (仙草) dalam bahasa Mandarin , sian-chháu dalam bahasa Taiwan serta leung fan cao (涼粉草) dalam bahasa Kanton , adalah penghasil panganan cincau , terutama cincau hitam . Tanaman ini memiliki khasiat peluruh atau diuretik dan digunakan dalam masakan Taiwan sebagai minuman yang panas dan kental.
Daftar Spesies
Platostoma africanum P.Beauv — tropical Africa, southern India, Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
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 borzianum (Chiov.) ined.. — Ethiopia
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 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 palniense (Mukerjee) A.J.Paton — southern India
Platostoma palustre (Blume) A.J.Paton — Cincau Hitam
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 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