EPPO Global Database

Cymbopogon flexuosus(CYGFL)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CYGFL
  • Preferred name: Cymbopogon flexuosus
  • Authority: (Steudel) W.Watson

Notes

Himalayas, India to Indochina. Cultivated for lemongrass oil. Introduced in Egypt, China, Malesia, Madagascar, New Guinea


Common names
Name Language
East Indian lemongrass English
Malabar-Gras German
herbe de Malabar French
erva-limão Portuguese
erva-limão-das-índias-orientais Portuguese
qū xù xiāng máo Chinese
曲序香茅 Chinese