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Cymbopogon citratus, commonly known as West Indian lemon grass or simply lemon grass, [3] is a tropical plant native to South Asia and Maritime Southeast Asia and introduced to many tropical regions. [ 4 ]
C. citratus from the Philippines, where it is locally known as tanglad. East Indian lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus), also called Cochin grass or Malabar grass, is native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand, while West Indian lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is native to maritime Southeast Asia.
Cymbopogon flexuosus, also called Cochin grass, East-Indian lemon grass or Malabar grass, is a perennial grass native to India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand. It is placed in the genus Cymbopogon (lemongrasses). Its essential oil is produced by steam distillation of the freshly cut leaves, [1] or it can be extracted using alcohol.
Articles relating to Cymbopogon, also known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, Cochin grass, Malabar grass, oily heads, citronella grass or fever grass.It is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family.
Battleship USS New Mexico's 5"/25 battery prepares to fire during the bombardment of Saipan, 15 June 1944. The gun weighed about 2 metric tons and used fixed ammunition (case and projectile handled as a single assembled unit) with a 9.6-pound (4.4 kg) charge of smokeless powder to give a 54-pound (24 kg) projectile a velocity of 2100 feet per second (640 m/s).
Cymbopogon commutatus is a perennial grass species, commonly known as incense grass, [2] aromatic rush, camel's hay, or lemon grass. Its range extends from South Asia to parts of Africa and Arabia. Foliage has a sweet lemony odor when mashed. [3] It appeared on a 4 riyal Qatari stamp. [4] It is used for medicinal purposes in northeastern Arabia ...
The culms, or stems of the grass, range from .5–1.5 m (1 ft 8 in – 4 ft 11 in) in height and are smooth, though the nodes may be hairy. The leaves of the plant are 5–30 cm (2.0–11.8 in) in length and are 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) wide, and smooth on both faces.
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