- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Andropogon flexuosus Nees ex Steud.
- Synonym(s) : Andropogon nardus subsp. flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) Hack.; Andropogon ampliflorus Steud.; Cymbopogon flexuosus var. arunachalis S.C.Nath & K.K.Sarma in Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 30: 159 (2002); Cymbopogon flexuosus var. assamensis S.C.Nath & K.K.Sarma; Cymbopogon flexuosus var. sikkimensis Bor; Cymbopogon travancorensis Bor
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud.) W.Watson
- Common name : Ginger Grass, East Indian lemon grass, Lemon grass, Malabar or Cochin Lemongrass, Indian Lemongrass
- Vernacular name :
- Chukkunaripullu, Malabar-grass, Inchipullu, Theruvappullu, Thailappullu, Vevvapullu (Malayalam)
- Dhanantri, Dhanwantri (Oria)
- Bodagaddi (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, Grasslands, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Rare
- Flower, Fruit : October-March
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 25/10/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-187
- Collection Locality : Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Bhandara district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Dhenkanal district, Nuapada district, Kalhandi district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Khurda district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cymbopogon flexuosus. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.
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