Poaceae FAMILY

Cymbopogon pendulus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cymbopogon pendulus is an erect, evergreen, clump-forming perennial grass producing robust culms up to 3 metres tall. The plant spreads slowly by means of short rhizomes to eventually produce large clumps[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. This is one of the species that produce the widely used 'Lemongrass' essential oil - selected forms have been developed for cultivation in order to produce this oil[ 1385 Title Promising Cultivars of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops and their Large Scale Propagation Publication National Exhibition & Seminar on Medicinal Plants & Herbal Products pp 55-64 No date given Author S. K. Kothari; K. P. Sastry; C. P. Singh; D. K. Rajput and B Publisher A.P. Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Board; Hyderabad, India Year 2006 ISBN Description A Conference Paper, said to be from January 2006, but no date given on the Paper. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China (Yunnan), Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam

HabitatStream banks in China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Outside China it is found on dry, grassy hills at elevations up to 2,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].