Lasia
| Lasia | |
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| Lasia spinosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Lasioideae |
| Genus: | Lasia Lour. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lasius Hassk. | |
Lasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Asia and New Guinea. The genus contains only two known species, Lasia spinosa and Lasia concinna.[1][2][3] Lasia was believed to be a monotypic genus until 1997 when a wild population of Lasia concinna was discovered in a farmer's paddy field in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The farmer had been growing them for their edible young leaves. This species of Lasia had been known of previously only from a single specimen at the Bogor Botanic Gardens, formally described in 1920.[4] Prior to 1997, the specimen was believed to have been a hybrid between Lasia spinosa and Cyrtosperma merkusii.[5] The subsequent discovery by Hambali and Sizemore led to the realization that it was in fact a distinct species.[6][7]
Species
[edit]- Lasia concinna Alderw. – West Kalimantan (Borneo)
- Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites – China (including Tibet), Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea
Uses
[edit]In Sri Lanka, Lasia spinosa is known as kohila (කොහිල) and the leaves and rhizomes of the plant are used in Sri Lankan cuisine.[8]
Leaf extract of Lasia spinosa has shown significant anthelminthic efficacy against the adult stages and migrating larvae of Trichinella spiralis. doi: 10.1007/s00436-011-2551-9.
Myanmar
[edit]In Myanmar, Lasia plant is known as Zayit (in Myanmar ဇရစ်). Its shoots are used in cuisines either as fried cuisine or soup. [9] [10] [11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1–560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 16 刺芋属 ci yu shu, Lasia Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 64, 81. 1790.
- ^ Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, Cornelis Rugier Willem Karel van. 1920. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 1: 379
- ^ Hay, A. (1990). Aroids of Papua New Guinea. Christensen Research Center
- ^ Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
- ^ Hambali, G. G. and Sizemore, M. (1997). The rediscovery of Lasia concinna Alderw. (Araceae: Lasioideae) in West Kalimantan, Borneo. Aroideana 20: 37-39.
- ^ "Lasia spinosa". Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition. 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Tamarind Browse and My Made Eating ( Part- 9 )". 10 May 2019.
- ^ "#ဇရစ်ဟင်း#MPSDishes". YouTube. 23 April 2022.
- ^ "ဇရစ္႐ိုးနဲ႔မန္က်ည္းရြက္ခ်က္ (ဇရစ္႐ိုးမန္က်ည္းရြက္ခ်က္နည္း". YouTube. August 2020.
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