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Taxon:  Platostoma palustre (Blume) A. J. Paton



Summary
Genus:
Platostoma
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Subtribe:
Ociminae
Nomen number:
461300
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 52:281. 1997
Verified:
05/27/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mesona palustris Blume

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mesona chinensis Benth.
Mesona parviflora (Benth.) Briq.
Mesona procumbens Hemsl.
Platostoma chinense (Benth.) A. J. Paton
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Reference(s)
  1. Paton, A. J. 1997. Classification and species of Platostoma and its relationship with Haumaniastrum (Labiatae). Kew Bull. 52:257-292.
  2. Suddee, S. et al. 2005. Taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bull. 60:3-75. Note: synonymizes Chinese species
Common names
English
black cincau –
mesona –
Transcribed Chinese
liang fen cao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Jiangxi Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion controlas Mesona palustrisVossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:89.
Human foodbeverage baseas Mesona palustrisVossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:89.
Medicinesfolkloreas Mesona palustrisVossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:89.
Medicinesfolklorefide Herbs Commerce ed2, as Mesona chinensis; Chin Med Herb HK, as Mesona chinensisMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Socialstimulantas Mesona palustrisVossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:89.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=461300. Accessed 24 April 2025.