Lemon Grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	10-12 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Dry, Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	1.5
Width (m)	1
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Growth	Fast
Uses
Edible	true
Edible parts	Leaves, Shoots, Stem
Edible uses	Oil
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Citronella grass, lemon grass or cymbopogon citratus also know as: citronella grass, citron grass; fever grass; lemongrass; west indian lemongrass spanish: hierba limon; pasto lim—n; sontol; te limon; zacate de lim—n; zacate dete; zacate lim—n french: citronelle; herbe citron; verveine des indes chinese: xiang mao brazil: cana-cidreira; cana-lim‹o; capim-cidr—; capim-santo; erva-cidreira; patchuli-falso; yerbaluisa germany: lemongras; zitronellgras; zitronengras india: bhustarah; gandhabene; gandhatran; injippullu; khavi; lilacha; majjigehallu; nimmagaddi; vasanapullu indonesia: sereh italy: citronella myanmar: sabalin peru: yerba luisa saint lucia: sitonnl sri lanka: sereh vietnam: sa chanh
Taxonomy
Family	Poaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	India, Sri Lanka
Introduced into	Aldabra, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre
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