Exemplar species in this genus are Mesona procumbens Hemsley and Mesona chinensis, generically called xiancao (仙草) in Mandarin Chinese, sian-chháu in Taiwanese, and leung fan cao (涼粉草) in Cantonese, sương sáo in Vietnamese.
Mesona (仙草), specifically Mesona chinensis, which is served as a hot, viscous drink, or curded and served over ice as a type of grass jelly.
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