Premna puberula
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Premna
| species = puberula
| authority = Pamp.Renato Pampanini, Nuovo Giornale botanico italiano, n.s., 17: 701 (1910)
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Premna puberula is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae that is endemic to Central and South China.
Known colloquially in South China as fairy tofu tree ({{lang|zh|神仙豆腐樹}}) or more simply as tofu tree ({{lang|zh|豆腐樹}}),{{cn|date=August 2024}} the extract from the leaves of this plant, with its high pectin content,{{cite journal |last1=Yang |first1=Ningxian |last2=Li |first2=Yang |last3=Xing |first3=Feifei |last4=Wang |first4=Xiaohong |last5=Li |first5=Xue |last6=Li |first6=Lin |last7=Yang |first7=Jiao |last8=Wang |first8=Yanqiu |last9=Zhang |first9=Mingsheng |title=Composition and structural characterization of pectin in micropropagated and conventional plants of Premma [sic] puberula Pamp. |journal=Carbohydrate Polymers |date=15 May 2021 |volume=260 |page=117711 |doi=10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117711 |pmid=33712120 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144861721000989 |access-date=17 July 2024 |language=en |issn=0144-8617 |oclc=8917485526 |archive-date=17 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717203955/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0144861721000989?via%3Dihub |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }} is used to make a jelly dish served in a similar manner as Chinese Liangfen.{{Cite journal|last=Zhang|first=Ming-Sheng|date=28 September 2012|title=A Key Component Determination on Forming Fairy Tofu from the Leaf of Premna puberula (Verbenaceae)|url=http://www.japsonline.com/abstract.php?article_id=627|journal=Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science|doi=10.7324/JAPS.2012.2906|doi-access=free}} The leaves of Premna microphylla are used similarly,{{cite journal |last1=LI |first1=Gang-feng |last2=YAN |first2=Hong-bo |last3=KANG |first3=Ming |last4=WANG |first4=Huan |last5=HE |first5=Zhi-jun |last6=ZHOU |first6=Qiang-ying |last7=ZHANG |first7=Hua-min |title=豆腐柴叶豆腐的加工工艺优化 |journal=食品研究与开发 |date=19 February 2017 |volume=38 |issue=14 |pages=68–74 |doi=10.3969/j.issn.1005-6521.2017.14.015 |url=http://www.tjfrad.com.cn/html/2017/14/201714015.htm |access-date=3 July 2024 |trans-title=Optimization of Processing Technology of Premna microphylla Turcz Leaf Tofu |language=zh |issn=1005-6521 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706172717/http://www.tjfrad.com.cn/html/2017/14/201714015.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=LI |first1=Mei-qing |last2=WANG |first2=Yuan-li |last3=DONG |first3=Ming |last4=HE |first4=Jin-ling |title=豆腐柴的研究与应用综述 |journal=Science and Technology of Food Industry |date=2011 |issue=3 |pages=462–464 |doi=10.13386/j.issn1002-0306.2011.03.029 |url=http://www.spgykj.com/en/article/doi/10.13386/j.issn1002-0306.2011.03.029 |access-date=3 July 2024 |trans-title=Summarization of research and application of Premna microphylla Turcz |language=zh |issn=1002-0306 |archive-date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703214233/http://www.spgykj.com/en/article/doi/10.13386/j.issn1002-0306.2011.03.029 |url-status=live }} as are other grass jelly plants.
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