Trees & Plants

Oil grass

Kaasinjee

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.)

Cultivated in agricultural farms It is grown for its essential oil and to flavour a variety of food and beverages. Lemongrass oil is a stimulant, antiseptic, febrifuge, carminative, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and anti-diabetic. It also has allelopathic, anthelminthic, anticancer

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uses: It is grown for its essential oil and to flavour a variety of food and beverages. Lemongrass oil is a stimulant, antiseptic, febrifuge, carminative, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and anti-diabetic. It also has allelopathic, anthelminthic, anticancerous, or antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and antimalarial properties.
family: Poaceae
synonym: Andropogon ceriferus Hack., in Andropogon citratus DC.
description: Perennial grass with dense fascicles of leaves arising from a short, oblique annulate rhizome. Leaves aromatic; blades linear, long-attenuated towards the base and tapering upwards to a long point, × to 90 1.6-1.8 cm, very firm, glaucous green; to midrib whitish on upper side, primary lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, raised above; sheaths 10-30 cm long, cinnamon coloured or russet on the inside, those of the culms shorter than internodes, finely pubescent or velvety at the nodes. Flowers reddish, borne Stapf in loose panicles 30-60 cm long, sometimes larger, internodes ca. 5-20 cm, decreasing in length from base to apex.
native range: Southern part of India, Sri Lanka
distribution: Asia, Africa, South America, Caribbean Islands, Europe and Oceania
english names: Oil grass · Lemon grass · West Indian lemon grass
flowering fruiting: July- September
occurrence maldives: Cultivated in agricultural farms