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Platostoma Rotundifolium
''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. Species 51 species are accepted. # ''Platostoma africanum'' P.Beauv — tropical Africa, southern India, Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia # ''Platostoma albiflorum'' – Thailand # ''Platosto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay Language
Malay ( , ; , Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken primarily by Malays (ethnic group), Malays in several islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula on the mainland Asia. The language is an official language of Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore. Indonesian language, Indonesian, a standardized variety of Malay, is the official language of Indonesia and one of the working languages of East Timor. Malay is also spoken as a regional language of Malays (ethnic group), ethnic Malays in Indonesia and the Thai Malays, southern part of Thailand. Altogether, it is spoken by 60 million people across Maritime Southeast Asia. The language is pluricentric and a ISO 639 macrolanguage, macrolanguage, i.e., a group of Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible speech varieties, or dialect continuum, that have no traditional name in common, and which may be considered distinct languages by their speakers. Several varieties of it ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platostoma Coloratum
''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. Species 51 species are accepted. # ''Platostoma africanum'' P.Beauv — tropical Africa, southern India, Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia # '' Platostoma albiflorum'' – Thailand # '' Platos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
