Please don't use Citronella grass to cook your snail in, mistaking it for Lemon grass. Citronella grass is not edible. Lemon grass and Citronella grass are two totally different plants. Then there is Citronella plant (named so just to confuse us all, also called Mosquito plant), which is a genetically engineered Geranium. This is the one that Alpana sent a picture of.
This is all I know about these plants. So no more questions. You can find pictures of the three plants in google web sites. --- Dilip
Lemon Grass
Lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), a native of India, is widely used in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. Lemon grass is a perennial, which means once you plant it, the grass comes back year after year. Depending on the area you live in the plant will go dormant in the winter. In harsh climates the plant will need to be potted and wintered indoors. This aromatic herb is used in Caribbean and many types of Asian cooking and has become very popular in the United States. Most of the commercial crops for the United States are grown in California and Florida. Lemon grass is also used for medicinal purpose.
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