- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Anatherum zizanioides (L.) Hitchc. & Chase; Andropogon zizanioides (L.) Urb.; Holcus zizanioides (L.) Stuck.; Phalaris zizanioides L.; Rhaphis zizanioides (L.) Roberty; Sorghum zizanioides (L.) Kuntze; Vetiveria zizanioides var. genuina A.Camus; Agrostis verticillata Lam.; Anatherum muricatum (Retz.) P.Beauv.; Andropogon aromaticus Roxb. ex Schult.; Andropogon muricatus Retz.; Andropogon nardus Blanco; Andropogon odoratus Steud.; Chamaeraphis muricata (Retz.) Merr.; Oplismenus abortivus Roem. & Schult.; Rhaphis muricata (Retz.) Steud.; Vetiveria arundinacea Griseb.; Vetiveria muricata (Retz.) Griseb.; Vetiveria odorata Virey; Vetiveria odoratissima Bory ex Cloquet; Vetiveria zizanioides var. tonkinensis A.Camus
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty
- Common name : Vetiver, Ghass, Cuscus grass, Vetiver, Khas-khas, Khus-khus
- Vernacular name :
- Khas (Hindi)
- Lavancha beru, Mudivala beru (Kannada)
- Usheer, Sugandhimool (Sanskrit)
- Khas-Khas, Ishir, Vala (Marathi)
- Ramacham, Vettiver (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Banks of streams and backwaters
- Comments / notes : Often in plains in discrete clumps. Cultivated for its aromatic oil in tropical Africa and introduced to West Indies
- Flower, Fruit : July-December
- Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh, S.B.Manohar
- Collection Date : 28/10/1978
- Collection Nos : KFP 3965
- Collection Locality : Shivasamudra, Mandya district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mandya district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Sambalpur district, Angul district, Kendrapara district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.2. Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 312
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vetiveria zizanioides
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vetiveria zizanioides. Downloaded on 12 February 2026.
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