Chinese mesona; Platostoma palustre
A plant used in East Asian cuisine and herbal medicine, known for its jelly-like extract.
Chinese mesona is a plant used in jelly-like desserts in Taiwan and China.
Standard kanji spelling for this plant name.
Katakana spelling, common in botanical or culinary contexts.
From Chinese 仙草 (xiāncǎo), literally 'immortal grass', referring to its use in traditional medicine.