Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Cymbopogon nardus - Lemon Grass
Edible Portion: Leaves, Leaves - Tea
A grass. It is a perennial herb. It grows 0.8-1.5 m tall. It forms tufts. The leaves are 30-100 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The
flowering shoot is 30 cm long and branched.
Other names :
Bundo, Ceylon citronella, Citronella grass, Ganda-hanchi-khaddi, Ganjni, Hingwe, Kaingbyu-mi, Kamachipillu, Kamakher, Kamakshi-pulla, Kamkshi-kasuvu, Khavai, Lucungwa, Majjige hullu, Myet-hmwe, Sabalin-hmwe, Seriwang, Sijega, Singu-myet,Slek krei, Sloek krey, Usadhana,
Andropogon confertiflorus Steud.;
Andropogon nardus Linn.;
Cymbopogon validus (Stapf) Burtt Davy;
and others