Cymbopogon citratus
COMMON NAME | Lemmon Grass |
TYPE | Grass |
FAMILY | Poaceae |
NOTES | A clumping
perennial grass that is popularly used as a lemony flavoring in Thai,
Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian cooking and is widely cultivated in
Southeast Asia for that purpose. It typically forms a dense rounded clump of
foliage to 2-3’ (less frequently to 4’) tall and as wide in one growing
season. Gracefully-arching, strap-shaped linear leaves (to 3’ long and to 1”
wide) are light green. Leaves emit a lemony fragrance when bruised. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Southeast Asia |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Not
known in a wild situation |
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