Cannot ID within this image! Most of grass look alike! Thank you. Saroj Kasaju
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 6:41 PM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: JM Garg <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 7:34:47 AM UTC+5:30 > Subject: Lemon Grass- is it Cymbopogon citratus? > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > Cc: Chandramohan Reddy <[email protected]> > > > 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/3b666f8a-4fa7-4b04-8e1e-aba9dfa5cf50n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/3b666f8a-4fa7-4b04-8e1e-aba9dfa5cf50n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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