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

 
Genus: Platostoma
Family: Lamiaceae (alt.Labiatae)
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
Subtribe: Ociminae
Nomen number: 461300
Place of publication: Kew Bull. 52:281. 1997
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 27-may-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 27-may-2010
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:89. 2000, as Mesona palustris)
  • Human food: beverage base (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:89. 2000, as Mesona palustris)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:89. 2000, as Mesona palustris)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as Mesona chinensis; Chin Med Herb HK, as Mesona chinensis)
  • Social: stimulant (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:89. 2000, as Mesona palustris)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang]
    • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
    • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar


Check other web resources for Platostoma palustre (Blume) A. J. Paton :

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=461300. Accessed 9 junio 2026.