Cymbopogon flexuosus (Steud.) Watson

 
  • 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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