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The plant grows from rhizomes in clumps of stiff stalks up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in height with abundant long leaves that bear red fruit. [9] It is an evergreen perennial. [9] This plant's rhizome is the "galangal" used most often in cookery. It is valued for its use in food and traditional medicine.
Knots of C. citratus leaves sold at a supermarket in the Philippines Ready-to-use bundles of lemon grass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, and, for chicken tom yam, also turmeric, are sold at Thai markets. Cymbopogon citratus is abundant in the Philippines and Indonesia where it is known as tanglad or sereh, respectively.
Anthoxanthum odoratum is a short-lived perennial grass, commonly known as sweet vernal grass, that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia and northern Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant , due to its sweet scent, and can also be found on unimproved pastures and meadows.
Cymbopogon martinii is a species of grass in the genus Cymbopogon (lemongrasses) native to India and Indochina but widely cultivated in many places for its aromatic oil. [3] [4] It is best known by the common name palmarosa (palm rose) as it smells sweet and rose-like. Other common names include Indian geranium, gingergrass, rosha, and rosha grass.
Chrysopogon aciculatus (syn. Andropogon aciculatus) is a species of grass native to the tropics of Asia, Polynesia, and Australia at low elevations. Common names include amorseco (Spanish, "dry love"; not to be confused with the amor seco tree, Alchornea glandulosa), lesser spear grass, Mackie's pest, pilipiliula, and grama-amorosa (Brazilian Portuguese).
It is commonly known as 'common scurvy-grass', [2] [4] [5] 'scurvy-grass' and 'spoonwort'. [6] It was formally described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum in 1753. [7] [8] The specific epithet officinalis refers to the Linnaean term for plants with an established medicinal, culinary, or other use. [9]
While the leaves of Strobilanthes callosa are poisonous, [1] [18] and unfit for human consumption, the plant is used as a traditional medicinal herb by the local adivasi tribals and villagers [1] for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. [4] Its leaves are crushed and the juice obtained is believed to be a sure cure for stomach ailments. [11]
It is a dicotyledonous plant that can reach heights up to 1.5 m. Its leaves are lanceolate, 4–14 cm long and 1–2.5 cm wide. The color of the leaves can be white, green or grey and hairy on both sides. [12] They are bitter, acrid and thermogenic. [3] The rather small flowers grow as 4–12 cm long spikes at the end of branches or in leaf axils.