Forwarding for ID Distributed as Cymbopogon citratus ? <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/poaceae/cymbopogon/cymbopogon-citratus-1> Group discussion at Lemon Grass- is it Cymbopogon citratus? (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/ueIVf8lAu7I>
On Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 8:32:37 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > Forwarded again for Id confirmation pl. > > > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 7:34 AM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 25/5/08 in Hyderabad, AP. A smallish one being grown in Sanjeevaiah >> Park fragrance garden. It's leaves had citranus fragrance on being crushed. >> Here is a link for *Cymbopogon citratus*: >> http://www.floridata.com/ref/C/cymb_cit.cfm >> >> Here are some extracts from Wikipedia link on *Cymbopogon*: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbopogon >> *Cymbopogon* is a genus of about 55 species of grasses >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poaceae>, native to warm temperate and >> tropical regions of the Old World >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World> and Oceania >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania>. It is a tall perennial >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_plant> grass. Common names >> include *lemon grass*, *lemongrass*, *barbed wire grass*, *silky heads*, >> *citronella >> grass*, *fever grass* or *Hierba Luisa* amongst many others. >> >> Lemon grass is widely used as an herb <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb> >> in Asian (particularly Vietnamese >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_cuisine>, Hmong >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_cuisine>, Khmer >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_cuisine>, Thai >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_cuisine>, Lao >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_cuisine>, Malaysian >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_cuisine>, Indonesian >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_cuisine>, Philippine >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_cuisine>, Sri Lankan >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Sri_Lanka>) and Caribbean >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_cuisine> cooking. It has a citrus >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus> flavour and can be dried and >> powdered, or used fresh. The stalk itself is too hard to be eaten except >> for the soft inner part. However, it can be finely sliced and added to >> recipes. *Thai Tom Yum Soup* is a very popular dish in Thailand, >> ingredients of which include thickly cut stalks of lemongrass which give it >> a very distinct strong flavour. It is also sometimes bruised and added >> whole as this releases the aromatic oils from the juice sacs in the stalk. >> The main constituent of lemongrass oil is citral >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citral>, which makes up around 80% of the >> total.[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbopogon#cite_note-Simonsen-0> >> >> Lemon grass is commonly used in teas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea>, >> soups <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup>, and curries >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry>. It is also suitable for poultry, >> fish, and seafood. It is often used as a tea in African and Latino-American >> countries (e.g. Togo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo>, Mexico >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico>, DR Congo >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_Congo>). >> >> *East-Indian Lemon Grass >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbopogon_flexuosus>* (*Cymbopogon >> flexuosus*), also called Cochin Grass or Malabar Grass, is native to >> Cambodia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia>, India >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>, Sri Lanka >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka>, Burma >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma>,and Thailand >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand> while the West-Indian lemon grass >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbopogon_citratus> (*Cymbopogon citratus*), >> also known as serai in Malay, is assumed to have its origins in Malaysia >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia>. While both can be used >> interchangeably, *C. citratus* is more suited for cooking. In India >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> *C. citratus* is used both as a >> medical herb and in perfumes. >> >> Lemongrass can also be grown at home by leaving the stalks bought from >> the market in a small pot of water for two weeks. As soon as little white >> roots grow, it can be moved to soil. >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> "We often ignore the beauty around us" >> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group >> (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >> For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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