Lemon Grass-061210MN

[mani nair]

Dear friends,

Sending a photo of Lemon grass.

Cymbopogon citratus    Family: Poaceae (Grass family)

Place    : Ovalekar Wadi Butterfly garden, Owala Village, Thane.

Date     : 5/12/10

Habitat  :  Cultivated

Regards,

Mani.

[tanay bose]

Thanks for the Lovely grass photo

along with photos of some delicious "Desi Murga"

tanay

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Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
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[Pankaj Kumar]

There are more than one Cymbopogon which is considered as lemongrass!
Cant be sure of the species here!!
Pankaj

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Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
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Dehradun - 248001, India

[Gurcharan Singh]

Nice to see this useful plant

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Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
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[Mahadeswara]

The best test to confirm the lemon grass is to smash the leaves and
smell, which gives the real smell of lemon

On Dec 7, 2:20 am, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are more than one Cymbopogon which is considered as lemongrass!
> Cant be sure of the species here!!
> Pankaj
>

[Gurcharan Singh]

Lemongrass in India refers to atleast two species, East Indian, Cymbopogon flexuosus (DC.) Stapf., and West Indian, Cymbopogon citratus (DC. ex Nees) Stapf. East Indian lemongrass, is also known as cochin or Malabar grass and  is native to India. West Indian lemongrass is native to southern India and Sri Lanka.

   Some other species of the genus include C. nardus, Citronella grass, the source of Citronella oil and C. martinii, the source of Palmerosa oil from the variety known as “Motia” and Ginger-grass oil from “Sofia”.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[mani nair]

Thanks Gurcharan ji, Tanay ji, Mahadeswara ji and Pankaj ji for the compliments.   I got a plant growing in my balcony and we put the crushed leaves in tea and it is very tasty.  It also cures common cold.

Regards,

Mani.