Grass jelly is a gelatinous dessert that is usually made from a plant in the mint family called Platostoma palustre . It and similar desserts can be made from other grass jelly plants. [1] Some are also used for making beverages. [2]
There are two main types, green grass jelly and black grass jelly. [3] Green grass jelly plants include Premna trichostoma and Cyclea barbata , while black (also called janggelan) includes species like P. palustre [3]
In Indonesian, grass jelly plants are called tanaman cincau. [4] In Javanese, these plants are called camcao, juju, or kepleng and in Sundanese they are called camcauh or tahulu. [5]
There are other plants that could possibly be used for making grass jelly but are not currently known to be used as such.
Accepted species name | Synonyms | English common name(s) | Chinese common name(s) | Indonesian common name(s) | Japanese common name(s) | Thai common name(s) | Vietnamese common name(s) | Family | Image | |
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Platostoma palustre [6] [7] [8] [4] [1] [9] [3] | P. palustre synonyms [a] | P. palustre Chinese names [b] | cincau hitam [4] [5] | T̂n c̄heāḱwy (ต้นเฉาก๊วย) [11] |
| Lamiaceae [10] | ![]() | |||
Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum [13] | M. M. subsp. malabathricum synonyms [c] | cincau pohon [13] | Melastomataceae [14] | ![]() | ||||||
Nephroia orbiculata [4] [2] | N. orbiculata synonyms [d] | Chinese green grass jelly [2] | cincau cina [4] | Menispermaceae [15] | ![]() | |||||
Cyclea barbata [13] [2] [4] [3] [1] [9] |
| green grass jelly [1] [9] [2] | Menispermaceae [16] | ![]() | ||||||
Premna microphylla [17] [18] | P. microphylla synonyms [e] | P. microphylla Chinese names [f] | ハマクサギ (hamakusagi) [21] | cách lá nhỏ [22] [23] | Lamiaceae [19] | ![]() | ||||
Premna parasitica [9] |
| grass jelly shrub [9] | Lamiaceae [24] | ![]() | ||||||
Premna puberula [25] | Lamiaceae [26] | [ image needed ] | ||||||||
Premna serratifolia [5] | P. serratifolia synonyms [g] | cincau perdu [5] | Lamiaceae [27] | | ||||||
Premna trichostoma [4] [2] [3] | P. trichostoma synonyms [h] | shrub grass jelly [2] | cincau perdu [4] | Lamiaceae [28] | ![]() | |||||
Stephania capitata [4] [2] | S. capitata synonyms [i] | jug grass grass jelly [2] | Menispermaceae [29] | ![]() | ||||||
Stephania japonica [4] |
| cincau minyak [4] | Menispermaceae [30] | ![]() | ||||||
Stephania japonica var. discolor [5] | S. j. var. discolor synonyms [j] | cincau minyak [5] | Menispermaceae [31] | ![]() | ||||||
Tiliacora triandra | T. triandra synonyms [k] | yanang [33] | sương sâm [34] | Menispermaceae [32] | ![]() |
Grass jelly plants are native to Indonesia. There are two types of grass jelly known to the public, namely green grass jelly (Cyclea barbata) and black grass jelly (Mesona palustris).
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)There are 3 types of grass jelly plants are often used by humans both for health and as a beverage. Green grass jelly (Cyclea barbata Miers.), black grass jelly (Mesona palustris B.) and grass jelly shrubs (Premna parasitica Blume.).
Scientific name: Premna microphylla Turcz. Vietnamese name: Cách lá nhỏ
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